Use After Free Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESPARTNER-8251919
  • published23 Oct 2024
  • disclosed21 Oct 2024

Introduced: 21 Oct 2024

CVE-2022-48950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

perf: Fix perf_pending_task() UaF

Per syzbot it is possible for perf_pending_task() to run after the event is free()'d. There are two related but distinct cases:

  • the task_work was already queued before destroying the event;
  • destroying the event itself queues the task_work.

The first cannot be solved using task_work_cancel() since perf_release() itself might be called from a task_work (____fput), which means the current->task_works list is already empty and task_work_cancel() won't be able to find the perf_pending_task() entry.

The simplest alternative is extending the perf_event lifetime to cover the task_work.

The second is just silly, queueing a task_work while you know the event is going away makes no sense and is easily avoided by re-arranging how the event is marked STATE_DEAD and ensuring it goes through STATE_OFF on the way down.

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