In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "tty: n_gsm: fix UAF in gsm_cleanup_mux"
This reverts commit 9b9c8195f3f0d74a826077fc1c01b9ee74907239.
The commit above is reverted as it did not solve the original issue.
gsm_cleanup_mux() tries to free up the virtual ttys by calling
gsm_dlci_release() for each available DLCI. There, dlci_put() is called to
decrease the reference counter for the DLCI via tty_port_put() which
finally calls gsm_dlci_free(). This already clears the pointer which is
being checked in gsm_cleanup_mux() before calling gsm_dlci_release().
Therefore, it is not necessary to clear this pointer in gsm_cleanup_mux()
as done in the reverted commit. The commit introduces a null pointer
dereference:
<TASK>
? __die+0x1f/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x156/0x420
? search_exception_tables+0x37/0x50
? fixup_exception+0x21/0x310
? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? tty_port_put+0x19/0xa0
gsmtty_cleanup+0x29/0x80 [n_gsm]
release_one_tty+0x37/0xe0
process_one_work+0x1e6/0x3e0
worker_thread+0x4c/0x3d0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe1/0x110
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
</TASK>
The actual issue is that nothing guards dlci_put() from being called
multiple times while the tty driver was triggered but did not yet finished
calling gsm_dlci_free().
References
Configurations
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History
07 Jan 2025, 17:34
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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CWE | CWE-476 | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29346e217b8ab8a52889b88f00b268278d6b7668 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bff660e0ff349dee84dc4f6f6d10da4497f5b28 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5c8862932d31a810b6545f7d69ecc124402c6e - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a48d2bcd23f2c98d575bc2f9b7a3fbd16aeea9eb - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c61d0b87a7028c2c10faffc524d748334c7b9827 - Patch |
Information
Published : 2024-03-02 22:15
Updated : 2025-01-07 17:34
NVD link : CVE-2023-52564
Mitre link : CVE-2023-52564
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-52564
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference