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.
References
Configurations
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History
26 Dec 2024, 15:01
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
24 Dec 2024, 14:25
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CWE | CWE-416 | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9d238c7dbb1fdb63ad96a6184985151b0171c - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43 - Patch |
Information
Published : 2024-02-28 09:15
Updated : 2024-12-26 15:01
NVD link : CVE-2021-46988
Mitre link : CVE-2021-46988
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-46988
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416
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