dm-crypt, dm-verity: disable tasklets (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: dm-crypt, dm-verity: disable tasklets Tasklets have an inherent problem with memory corruption. The function tasklet_action_common calls tasklet_trylock, then it calls the tasklet callback and then it calls tasklet_unlock. If the tasklet callback frees the structure that contains the tasklet or if it calls some code that may free it, tasklet_unlock will write into free memory. The commits 8e14f610159d and d9a02e016aaf try to fix it for dm-crypt, but it is not a sufficient fix and the data corruption can still happen [1]. There is no fix for dm-verity and dm-verity will write into free memory with every tasklet-processed bio. There will be atomic workqueues implemented in the kernel 6.9 [2]. They will have better interface and they will not suffer from the memory corruption problem. But we need something that stops the memory corruption now and that can be backported to the stable kernels. So, I'm proposing this commit that disables tasklets in both dm-crypt and dm-verity. This commit doesn't remove the tasklet support, because the tasklet code will be reused when atomic workqueues will be implemented. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/d390d7ee-f142-44d3-822a-87949e14608b@suse.de/T/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240130091300.2968534-1-tj@kernel.org/
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b825e0f9d68c178072bffd32dd34c39e3d2d597a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30884a44e0cedc3dfda8c22432f3ba4078ec2d94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5735a2671ffb70ea29ca83969fe01316ee2ed6fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c45a20cbe68bc4d681734f5c03891124a274257
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9bab391e336489169b95cb0d4553d921302189
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:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-23980
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-26718
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0349 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0276 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0185 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0168 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0667 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0633 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0611 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · 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
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0334 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.9 < 6.1.79cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.18cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.7.6cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 39d42fa96ba1b7d2544db3f8ed5da8fb0d5cb877 < b825e0f9d68c178072bffd32dd34c39e3d2d597a ; affected 39d42fa96ba1b7d2544db3f8ed5da8fb0d5cb877 < 30884a44e0cedc3dfda8c22432f3ba4078ec2d94 ; affected 39d42fa96ba1b7d2544db3f8ed5da8fb0d5cb877 < 5735a2671ffb70ea29ca83969fe01316ee2ed6fc ; affected 39d42fa96ba1b7d2544db3f8ed5da8fb0d5cb877 < 0c45a20cbe68bc4d681734f5c03891124a274257 ; affected 39d42fa96ba1b7d2544db3f8ed5da8fb0d5cb877 < 0a9bab391e336489169b95cb0d4553d921302189 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.9 ; unaffected 0 < 5.9 ; unaffected 5.15.169 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.79 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.18 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.7.6 ≤ 6.7.* |
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 |