CVE-2021-46988

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.
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History

26 Dec 2024, 15:01

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24 Dec 2024, 14:25

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References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9d238c7dbb1fdb63ad96a6184985151b0171c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9d238c7dbb1fdb63ad96a6184985151b0171c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43 - Patch
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First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-416

21 Nov 2024, 06:35

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Summary
  • (es) En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: userfaultfd: publicar página en ruta de error para evitar BUG_ON Considere la siguiente secuencia de eventos: 1. Userspace emite un ioctl UFFD, que termina llamando a shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(). Contamos con éxito los bloques, usamos shmem_alloc_page(), pero luego copy_from_user() falla. Volvemos -ENOENT. No publicamos la página que asignamos. 2. Nuestra persona que llama detecta este código de error, intenta copiar_from_user() después de descartar mmap_lock y vuelve a intentarlo, volviendo a llamar a shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(). 3. Mientras tanto, digamos que otro proceso llenó los tmpfs que se estaban utilizando. 4. Entonces shmem_mfill_atomic_pte() no logra bloquear la cuenta esta vez y regresa inmediatamente, sin liberar la página. Esto desencadena un BUG_ON en nuestra persona que llama, que afirma que la página siempre debe consumirse, a menos que se devuelva -ENOENT. Para solucionar este problema, detectar si tenemos esa página "colgante" cuando falla la contabilidad y, en caso afirmativo, liberarla antes de regresar.
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07c9b834c97d0fa3402fb7f3f3b32df370a6ff1f -
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cfd9980124aecb6c03ef2e69c72d0548744de -
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d59a0ed8b26b8f3638d8afc31f839e27759f1f6 -
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69 -
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9d238c7dbb1fdb63ad96a6184985151b0171c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9d238c7dbb1fdb63ad96a6184985151b0171c -
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad53127973034c63b5348715a1043d0e80ceb330 -
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f1731c6d7fbc1ebe3ed8eff6d6bec56d76ff43 -

28 Feb 2024, 09:15

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New CVE

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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