Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-26878

Disclosure Date: April 17, 2024 •
CVE-2024-26878 CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.7
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Description

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

quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

Below race may cause NULL pointer dereference

P1 P2
dquot_free_inode quota_off

				  drop_dquot_ref
				   remove_dquot_ref
				   dquots = i_dquot(inode)

dquots = i_dquot(inode)
srcu_read_lock
dquots[cnt]) != NULL (1)

				     dquots[type] = NULL (2)

spin_lock(&dquots[cnt]–>dq_dqb_lock) (3)
….

If dquot_free_inode(or other routines) checks inode’s quota pointers (1)
before quota_off sets it to NULL(2) and use it (3) after that, NULL pointer
dereference will be triggered.

So let’s fix it by using a temporary pointer to avoid this issue.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
4.7 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
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 8514899c1a4e
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • linux

Products

  • debian linux 10.0,
  • linux kernel
Technical Analysis