Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-6655342
- published18 Apr 2024
- disclosed17 Apr 2024
Introduced: 17 Apr 2024
CVE-2024-26906 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4211.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc 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:
x86/mm: Disallow vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault()
When trying to use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read vsyscall page through a bpf program, the following oops was reported:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffff600000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 3231067 P4D 3231067 PUD 3233067 PMD 3235067 PTE 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 1 PID: 20390 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.7.0+ #58 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) ...... RIP: 0010:copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x6f/0x110 ...... Call Trace: <TASK> ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x6f/0x110 bpf_probe_read_kernel+0x1d/0x50 bpf_prog_2061065e56845f08_do_probe_read+0x51/0x8d trace_call_bpf+0xc5/0x1c0 perf_call_bpf_enter.isra.0+0x69/0xb0 perf_syscall_enter+0x13e/0x200 syscall_trace_enter+0x188/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0xb5/0xe0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 </TASK> ...... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
The oops is triggered when:
A bpf program uses bpf_probe_read_kernel() to read from the vsyscall page and invokes copy_from_kernel_nofault() which in turn calls __get_user_asm().
Because the vsyscall page address is not readable from kernel space, a page fault exception is triggered accordingly.
handle_page_fault() considers the vsyscall page address as a user space address instead of a kernel space address. This results in the fix-up setup by bpf not being applied and a page_fault_oops() is invoked due to SMAP.
Considering handle_page_fault() has already considered the vsyscall page address as a userspace address, fix the problem by disallowing vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault().
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26906
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29bd6f86904682adafe9affbc7f79b14defcaff8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32019c659ecfe1d92e3bf9fcdfbb11a7c70acd58
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57f78c46f08198e1be08ffe99c4c1ccc12855bf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e4694e65b6db4c3de125115dd4f55848cc48381
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a67fe34b76a49320b33032228a794f40b0316b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f175de546a3eb77614d94d4c02550181c0a8493e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html