nbd: fix race between nbd_alloc_config() and module removal (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-49300
MEDIUM 4.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: fix race between nbd_alloc_config() and module removal When nbd module is being removing, nbd_alloc_config() may be called concurrently by nbd_genl_connect(), although try_module_get() will return false, but nbd_alloc_config() doesn't handle it. The race may lead to the leak of nbd_config and its related resources (e.g, recv_workq) and oops in nbd_read_stat() due to the unload of nbd module as shown below: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000040 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 5 PID: 13840 Comm: kworker/u17:33 Not tainted 5.14.0+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Workqueue: knbd16-recv recv_work [nbd] RIP: 0010:nbd_read_stat.cold+0x130/0x1a4 [nbd] Call Trace: recv_work+0x3b/0xb0 [nbd] process_one_work+0x1ed/0x390 worker_thread+0x4a/0x3d0 kthread+0x12a/0x150 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Fixing it by checking the return value of try_module_get() in nbd_alloc_config(). As nbd_alloc_config() may return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV), assign nbd->config only when nbd_alloc_config() succeeds to ensure the value of nbd->config is binary (valid or NULL). Also adding a debug message to check the reference counter of nbd_config during module removal.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 5ea8d10802ec4c153a6e21eebaf412e2abd29736 < 165cf2e0019fa6cedc75b456490c41494c34abb4 ; affected 5ea8d10802ec4c153a6e21eebaf412e2abd29736 < 2573f2375b64280be977431701ed5d33b75b9ad0 ; affected 5ea8d10802ec4c153a6e21eebaf412e2abd29736 < 8a7da4ced236ce6637fe70f14ca18e718d4bf9e9 ; affected 5ea8d10802ec4c153a6e21eebaf412e2abd29736 < 122e4adaff2439f1cc18cc7e931980fa7560df5c ; affected 5ea8d10802ec4c153a6e21eebaf412e2abd29736 < 71c142f910da44421213ade601bcbd23ceae19fa ; affected 5ea8d10802ec4c153a6e21eebaf412e2abd29736 < 2888fa41985f93ed0a6837cfbb06bcbfd7fa2314
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.12 ; unaffected 0 < 4.12 ; unaffected 4.14.283 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.247 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.198 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.122 ≤ 5.10.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD