CVE-2024-39463

Summary

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

9p: add missing locking around taking dentry fid list

Fix a use-after-free on dentry's d_fsdata fid list when a thread looks up a fid through dentry while another thread unlinks it:

UAF thread: refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. p9_fid_get linux/./include/net/9p/client.h:262 v9fs_fid_find+0x236/0x280 linux/fs/9p/fid.c:129 v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid linux/fs/9p/fid.c:181 v9fs_fid_lookup+0xbf/0xc20 linux/fs/9p/fid.c:314 v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl+0xf9/0x360 linux/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c:400 vfs_statx+0xdd/0x4d0 linux/fs/stat.c:248

Freed by: p9_fid_destroy (inlined) p9_client_clunk+0xb0/0xe0 linux/net/9p/client.c:1456 p9_fid_put linux/./include/net/9p/client.h:278 v9fs_dentry_release+0xb5/0x140 linux/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c:55 v9fs_remove+0x38f/0x620 linux/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c:518 vfs_unlink+0x29a/0x810 linux/fs/namei.c:4335

The problem is that d_fsdata was not accessed under d_lock, because d_release() normally is only called once the dentry is otherwise no longer accessible but since we also call it explicitly in v9fs_remove that lock is required: move the hlist out of the dentry under lock then unref its fids once they are no longer accessible.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux154372e67d4053e56591245eb413686621941333 < 3bb6763a8319170c2d41c4232c8e7e4c37dcacfbaffected
LinuxLinux154372e67d4053e56591245eb413686621941333 < cb299cdba09f46f090b843d78ba26b667d50a456affected
LinuxLinux154372e67d4053e56591245eb413686621941333 < f0c5c944c6d8614c19e6e9a97fd2011dcd30e8f5affected
LinuxLinux154372e67d4053e56591245eb413686621941333 < fe17ebf22feb4ad7094d597526d558a49aac92b4affected
LinuxLinux154372e67d4053e56591245eb413686621941333 < c898afdc15645efb555acb6d85b484eb40a45409affected
LinuxLinux5.11affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.11unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.168 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.94 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.34 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.9.5 <= 6.9.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.10 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References