locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath() While this code is executed with the wait_lock held, a reader can acquire the lock without holding wait_lock. The writer side loops checking the value with the atomic_cond_read_acquire(), but only truly acquires the lock when the compare-and-exchange is completed successfully which isn’t ordered. This exposes the window between the acquire and the cmpxchg to an A-B-A problem which allows reads following the lock acquisition to observe values speculatively before the write lock is truly acquired. We've seen a problem in epoll where the reader does a xchg while holding the read lock, but the writer can see a value change out from under it. Writer | Reader -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ep_scan_ready_list() | |- write_lock_irq() | |- queued_write_lock_slowpath() | |- atomic_cond_read_acquire() | | read_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags); --> (observes value before unlock) | chain_epi_lockless() | | epi->next = xchg(&ep->ovflist, epi); | | read_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags); | | | atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed() | |-- READ_ONCE(ep->ovflist); | A core can order the read of the ovflist ahead of the atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed(). Switching the cmpxchg to use acquire semantics addresses this issue at which point the atomic_cond_read can be switched to use relaxed semantics. [peterz: use try_cmpxchg()]
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5902f9453a313be8fe78cbd7e7ca9dba9319fc6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82808cc026811fbc3ecf0c0b267a12a339eead56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82fa9ced35d88581cffa4a1c856fc41fca96d80a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d558fcdb17139728347bccc60a16af3e639649d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84a24bf8c52e66b7ac89ada5e3cfbe72d65c1896
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-33569
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-46921
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0363 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0265 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.15.0 < 4.19.189cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.20.0 < 5.4.115cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5.0 < 5.10.33cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11.0 < 5.11.17
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected b519b56e378ee82caf9b079b04f5db87dedc3251 < 5902f9453a313be8fe78cbd7e7ca9dba9319fc6e ; affected b519b56e378ee82caf9b079b04f5db87dedc3251 < 82808cc026811fbc3ecf0c0b267a12a339eead56 ; affected b519b56e378ee82caf9b079b04f5db87dedc3251 < 82fa9ced35d88581cffa4a1c856fc41fca96d80a ; affected b519b56e378ee82caf9b079b04f5db87dedc3251 < d558fcdb17139728347bccc60a16af3e639649d2 ; affected b519b56e378ee82caf9b079b04f5db87dedc3251 < 84a24bf8c52e66b7ac89ada5e3cfbe72d65c1896 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.15 ; unaffected 0 < 4.15 ; unaffected 4.19.189 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.115 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.33 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.11.17 ≤ 5.11.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |