CVE-2024-26674 Affecting kernel-modules-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
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- published20 Nov 2024
- disclosed2 Apr 2024
Introduced: 2 Apr 2024
CVE-2024-26674 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-modules-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-modules-core package and not the kernel-modules-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:
x86/lib: Revert to _ASM_EXTABLE_UA() for {get,put}_user() fixups
During memory error injection test on kernels >= v6.4, the kernel panics like below. However, this issue couldn't be reproduced on kernels <= v6.3.
mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 296: Machine Check Exception: f Bank 1: bd80000000100134 mce: [Hardware Error]: RIP 10:<ffffffff821b9776> {__get_user_nocheck_4+0x6/0x20} mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 411a93533ed ADDR 346a8730040 MISC 86 mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:a06d0 TIME 1706000767 SOCKET 1 APIC 211 microcode 80001490 mce: [Hardware Error]: Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii' mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check: Data load in unrecoverable area of kernel Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal local machine check
The MCA code can recover from an in-kernel #MC if the fixup type is EX_TYPE_UACCESS, explicitly indicating that the kernel is attempting to access userspace memory. However, if the fixup type is EX_TYPE_DEFAULT the only thing that is raised for an in-kernel #MC is a panic.
ex_handler_uaccess() would warn if users gave a non-canonical addresses (with bit 63 clear) to {get, put}_user(), which was unexpected.
Therefore, commit
b19b74bc99b1 ("x86/mm: Rework address range check in get_user() and put_user()")
replaced _ASM_EXTABLE_UA() with _ASM_EXTABLE() for {get, put}_user() fixups. However, the new fixup type EX_TYPE_DEFAULT results in a panic.
Commit
6014bc27561f ("x86-64: make access_ok() independent of LAM")
added the check gp_fault_address_ok() right before the WARN_ONCE() in ex_handler_uaccess() to not warn about non-canonical user addresses due to LAM.
With that in place, revert back to _ASM_EXTABLE_UA() for {get,put}_user() exception fixups in order to be able to handle in-kernel MCEs correctly again.
[ bp: Massage commit message. ]
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-26674.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-9315.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aed1b6c33afd8599d01c6532bbecb829480a674
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2da241c5ed78d0978228a1150735539fe1a60eca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8eed4e00a370b37b4e5985ed983dccedd555ea9d