Use After Free Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELCORE-8395034
  • published20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2023-52757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-core to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-9315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

smb: client: fix potential deadlock when releasing mids

All release_mid() callers seem to hold a reference of @mid so there is no need to call kref_put(&mid->refcount, __release_mid) under @server->mid_lock spinlock. If they don't, then an use-after-free bug would have occurred anyways.

By getting rid of such spinlock also fixes a potential deadlock as shown below

CPU 0 CPU 1

cifs_demultiplex_thread() cifs_debug_data_proc_show() release_mid() spin_lock(&server->mid_lock); spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock) spin_lock(&server->mid_lock) __release_mid() smb2_find_smb_tcon() spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock) deadlock

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