userfaultfd: release page in error path to avoid BUG_ON (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userfaultfd: release page in error path to avoid BUG_ON Consider the following sequence of events: 1. Userspace issues a UFFD ioctl, which ends up calling into shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(). We successfully account the blocks, we shmem_alloc_page(), but then the copy_from_user() fails. We return -ENOENT. We don't release the page we allocated. 2. Our caller detects this error code, tries the copy_from_user() after dropping the mmap_lock, and retries, calling back into shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(). 3. Meanwhile, let's say another process filled up the tmpfs being used. 4. So shmem_mfill_atomic_pte() fails to account blocks this time, and immediately returns - without releasing the page. This triggers a BUG_ON in our caller, which asserts that the page should always be consumed, unless -ENOENT is returned. To fix this, detect if we have such a "dangling" page when accounting fails, and if so, release it before returning.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-416 — Use After Free
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9d238c7dbb1fdb63ad96a6184985151b0171c
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-33636
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-46988
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0458 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0440 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0420 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0363 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.11 < 4.14.233cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.15 < 4.19.191cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.20 < 5.4.120cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.38cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.11.22cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.12 < 5.12.5cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected cb658a453b9327ce96ce5222c24d162b5b65b564 < 319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69 ; affected cb658a453b9327ce96ce5222c24d162b5b65b564 < 07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f ; affected cb658a453b9327ce96ce5222c24d162b5b65b564 < b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43 ; affected cb658a453b9327ce96ce5222c24d162b5b65b564 < 140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de ; affected cb658a453b9327ce96ce5222c24d162b5b65b564 < ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330 ; affected cb658a453b9327ce96ce5222c24d162b5b65b564 < 2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.11 ; unaffected 0 < 4.11 ; unaffected 4.14.233 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.191 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.120 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.38 ≤ 5.10.* |
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 |