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High severity Unreviewed Published Jun 25, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 17, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 25, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 25, 2024
Last updated Oct 17, 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
Low
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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(18th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-39463

GHSA ID

GHSA-5v6g-vfrc-9w8p

Source code

No known source code

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