binder: fix race between mmput() and do_exit() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2023-52609
MEDIUM 4.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 8 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix race between mmput() and do_exit() Task A calls binder_update_page_range() to allocate and insert pages on a remote address space from Task B. For this, Task A pins the remote mm via mmget_not_zero() first. This can race with Task B do_exit() and the final mmput() refcount decrement will come from Task A. Task A | Task B ------------------+------------------ mmget_not_zero() | | do_exit() | exit_mm() | mmput() mmput() | exit_mmap() | remove_vma() | fput() | In this case, the work of ____fput() from Task B is queued up in Task A as TWA_RESUME. So in theory, Task A returns to userspace and the cleanup work gets executed. However, Task A instead sleep, waiting for a reply from Task B that never comes (it's dead). This means the binder_deferred_release() is blocked until an unrelated binder event forces Task A to go back to userspace. All the associated death notifications will also be delayed until then. In order to fix this use mmput_async() that will schedule the work in the corresponding mm->async_put_work WQ instead of Task A.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • 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:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 457b9a6f09f011ebcb9b52cc203a6331a6fc2de7 < 95b1d336b0642198b56836b89908d07b9a0c9608 ; affected 457b9a6f09f011ebcb9b52cc203a6331a6fc2de7 < 252a2a5569eb9f8d16428872cc24dea1ac0bb097 ; affected 457b9a6f09f011ebcb9b52cc203a6331a6fc2de7 < 7e7a0d86542b0ea903006d3f42f33c4f7ead6918 ; affected 457b9a6f09f011ebcb9b52cc203a6331a6fc2de7 < 98fee5bee97ad47b527a997d5786410430d1f0e9 ; affected 457b9a6f09f011ebcb9b52cc203a6331a6fc2de7 < 6696f76c32ff67fec26823fc2df46498e70d9bf3 ; affected 457b9a6f09f011ebcb9b52cc203a6331a6fc2de7 < 67f16bf2cc1698fd50e01ee8a2becc5a8e6d3a3e
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.29 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.29 ; unaffected 4.19.306 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.268 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.209 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.148 ≤ 5.15.*

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