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CVE-2024-49870

Disclosure Date: October 21, 2024 •
CVE-2024-49870 CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5
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Description

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

cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()

A dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent:

        P1             |             P2

cachefiles_lookup_cookie
cachefiles_look_up_object

lookup_one_positive_unlocked
 // get dentry
                        cachefiles_cull
                          inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE;
cachefiles_open_file
  cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use
    __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use
      can_use = false
      if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE))
        can_use = true
  return false
    return false
    // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry

After that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder
is umounted:

==================================================================
BUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img} still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda]
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70
CPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25
RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70
Call Trace:
<TASK>
d_walk+0xda/0x2b0
do_one_tree+0x20/0x40
shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90
generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160
kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40
ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40
deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80

cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160

Whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count
obtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object()
should be released.

Therefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to
fix the above issue and simplify the code.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Linux d32ff64c872d
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
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PoC Author
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Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 6.12
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