CVE-2024-42271CWE-416

CVE-2024-42271

High · published August 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/iucv: fix use after free in iucv_sock_close()

iucv_sever_path() is called from process context and from bh context.

iucv->path is used as indicator whether somebody else is taking care of

severing the path (or it is already removed / never existed).

This needs to be done with atomic compare and swap, otherwise there is a

small window where iucv_sock_close() will try to work with a path that has

already been severed and freed by iucv_callback_connrej() called by

iucv_tasklet_fn().

Example:

[452744.123844] Call Trace:

[452744.123845] ([<0000001e87f03880>] 0x1e87f03880)

[452744.123966] [<00000000d593001e>] iucv_path_sever+0x96/0x138

[452744.124330] [<000003ff801ddbca>] iucv_sever_path+0xc2/0xd0 [af_iucv]

[452744.124336] [<000003ff801e01b6>] iucv_sock_close+0xa6/0x310 [af_iucv]

[452744.124341] [<000003ff801e08cc>] iucv_sock_release+0x3c/0xd0 [af_iucv]

[452744.124345] [<00000000d574794e>] __sock_release+0x5e/0xe8

[452744.124815] [<00000000d5747a0c>] sock_close+0x34/0x48

[452744.124820] [<00000000d5421642>] __fput+0xba/0x268

[452744.124826] [<00000000d51b382c>] task_work_run+0xbc/0xf0

[452744.124832] [<00000000d5145710>] do_notify_resume+0x88/0x90

[452744.124841] [<00000000d5978096>] system_call+0xe2/0x2c8

[452744.125319] Last Breaking-Event-Address:

[452744.125321] [<00000000d5930018>] iucv_path_sever+0x90/0x138

[452744.125324]

[452744.125325] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Note that bh_lock_sock() is not serializing the tasklet context against

process context, because the check for sock_owned_by_user() and

corresponding handling is missing.

Ideas for a future clean-up patch:

A) Correct usage of bh_lock_sock() in tasklet context, as described in

Re-enqueue, if needed. This may require adding return values to the

tasklet functions and thus changes to all users of iucv.

B) Change iucv tasklet into worker and use only lock_sock() in af_iucv.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00235 · 13.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2024-08-17T13:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 3.4, < 4.19.3204.19.320
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.2825.4.282
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2245.10.224
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1655.15.165
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1046.1.104
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.456.6.45
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.10.46.10.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 08:54Z
    net/iucv: fix use after free in iucv_sock_close()
    cvelistv5