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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

High severity Unreviewed Published Nov 9, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 13, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()

I got the following KCSAN report during syzbot testing:

==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in generic_fillattr / inode_set_ctime_current

write to 0xffff888102eb3260 of 4 bytes by task 6565 on cpu 1:
inode_set_ctime_to_ts include/linux/fs.h:1638 [inline]
inode_set_ctime_current+0x169/0x1d0 fs/inode.c:2626
shmem_mknod+0x117/0x180 mm/shmem.c:3443
shmem_create+0x34/0x40 mm/shmem.c:3497
lookup_open fs/namei.c:3578 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3647 [inline]
path_openat+0xdbc/0x1f00 fs/namei.c:3883
do_filp_open+0xf7/0x200 fs/namei.c:3913
do_sys_openat2+0xab/0x120 fs/open.c:1416
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1431 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1442 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0xf3/0x120 fs/open.c:1442
x64_sys_call+0x1025/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x54/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

read to 0xffff888102eb3260 of 4 bytes by task 3498 on cpu 0:
inode_get_ctime_nsec include/linux/fs.h:1623 [inline]
inode_get_ctime include/linux/fs.h:1629 [inline]
generic_fillattr+0x1dd/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:62
shmem_getattr+0x17b/0x200 mm/shmem.c:1157
vfs_getattr_nosec fs/stat.c:166 [inline]
vfs_getattr+0x19b/0x1e0 fs/stat.c:207
vfs_statx_path fs/stat.c:251 [inline]
vfs_statx+0x134/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:315
vfs_fstatat+0xec/0x110 fs/stat.c:341
__do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:505 [inline]
__se_sys_newfstatat+0x58/0x260 fs/stat.c:499
__x64_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x70 fs/stat.c:499
x64_sys_call+0x141f/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x54/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

value changed: 0x2755ae53 -> 0x27ee44d3

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3498 Comm: udevd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-00326-gd1f2d51b711a-dirty #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024

When calling generic_fillattr(), if you don't hold read lock, data-race
will occur in inode member variables, which can cause unexpected
behavior.

Since there is no special protection when shmem_getattr() calls
generic_fillattr(), data-race occurs by functions such as shmem_unlink()
or shmem_mknod(). This can cause unexpected results, so commenting it out
is not enough.

Therefore, when calling generic_fillattr() from shmem_getattr(), it is
appropriate to protect the inode using inode_lock_shared() and
inode_unlock_shared() to prevent data-race.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 9, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 9, 2024
Last updated Nov 13, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-50228

GHSA ID

GHSA-6f9r-4gpr-m3h8

Source code

No known source code

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