Race Condition Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELCORE-6542898
- published4 Apr 2024
- disclosed3 Apr 2024
Introduced: 3 Apr 2024
CVE-2024-26698 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:5101.
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 RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hv_netvsc: Fix race condition between netvsc_probe and netvsc_remove
In commit ac5047671758 ("hv_netvsc: Disable NAPI before closing the VMBus channel"), napi_disable was getting called for all channels, including all subchannels without confirming if they are enabled or not.
This caused hv_netvsc getting hung at napi_disable, when netvsc_probe() has finished running but nvdev->subchan_work has not started yet. netvsc_subchan_work() -> rndis_set_subchannel() has not created the sub-channels and because of that netvsc_sc_open() is not running. netvsc_remove() calls cancel_work_sync(&nvdev->subchan_work), for which netvsc_subchan_work did not run.
netif_napi_add() sets the bit NAPI_STATE_SCHED because it ensures NAPI cannot be scheduled. Then netvsc_sc_open() -> napi_enable will clear the NAPIF_STATE_SCHED bit, so it can be scheduled. napi_disable() does the opposite.
Now during netvsc_device_remove(), when napi_disable is called for those subchannels, napi_disable gets stuck on infinite msleep.
This fix addresses this problem by ensuring that napi_disable() is not getting called for non-enabled NAPI struct. But netif_napi_del() is still necessary for these non-enabled NAPI struct for cleanup purpose.
Call trace: [ 654.559417] task:modprobe state:D stack: 0 pid: 2321 ppid: 1091 flags:0x00004002 [ 654.568030] Call Trace: [ 654.571221] <TASK> [ 654.573790] __schedule+0x2d6/0x960 [ 654.577733] schedule+0x69/0xf0 [ 654.581214] schedule_timeout+0x87/0x140 [ 654.585463] ? __bpf_trace_tick_stop+0x20/0x20 [ 654.590291] msleep+0x2d/0x40 [ 654.593625] napi_disable+0x2b/0x80 [ 654.597437] netvsc_device_remove+0x8a/0x1f0 [hv_netvsc] [ 654.603935] rndis_filter_device_remove+0x194/0x1c0 [hv_netvsc] [ 654.611101] ? do_wait_intr+0xb0/0xb0 [ 654.615753] netvsc_remove+0x7c/0x120 [hv_netvsc] [ 654.621675] vmbus_remove+0x27/0x40 [hv_vmbus]
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26698
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e8875de9dad12805ff66e92cd5edea6a421f1cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22a77c0f5b8233237731df3288d067af51a2fd7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48a8ccccffbae10c91d31fc872db5c31aba07518
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7656372ae190e54e8c8cf1039725a5ea59fdf84a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ec807e7b6f5fcf9499f3baa69f254bb239a847f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0526ec5360a48ad3ab2e26e802b0532302a7e11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html