CVE-2021-47505 Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULESINTERNAL-7119588
- published 27 May 2024
- disclosed 24 May 2024
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal package and not the kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal 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:
aio: fix use-after-free due to missing POLLFREE handling
signalfd_poll() and binder_poll() are special in that they use a waitqueue whose lifetime is the current task, rather than the struct file as is normally the case. This is okay for blocking polls, since a blocking poll occurs within one task; however, non-blocking polls require another solution. This solution is for the queue to be cleared before it is freed, by sending a POLLFREE notification to all waiters.
Unfortunately, only eventpoll handles POLLFREE. A second type of non-blocking poll, aio poll, was added in kernel v4.18, and it doesn't handle POLLFREE. This allows a use-after-free to occur if a signalfd or binder fd is polled with aio poll, and the waitqueue gets freed.
Fix this by making aio poll handle POLLFREE.
A patch by Ramji Jiyani <ramjiyani@google.com> (https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211027011834.2497484-1-ramjiyani@google.com) tried to do this by making aio_poll_wake() always complete the request inline if POLLFREE is seen. However, that solution had two bugs. First, it introduced a deadlock, as it unconditionally locked the aio context while holding the waitqueue lock, which inverts the normal locking order. Second, it didn't consider that POLLFREE notifications are missed while the request has been temporarily de-queued.
The second problem was solved by my previous patch. This patch then properly fixes the use-after-free by handling POLLFREE in a deadlock-free way. It does this by taking advantage of the fact that freeing of the waitqueue is RCU-delayed, similar to what eventpoll does.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47505
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/321fba81ec034f88aea4898993c1bf15605c023f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4105e6a128e8a98455dfc9e6dbb2ab0c33c4497f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ffefd88abfffe8a040bcc1dd0554d4ea6f7689
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50252e4b5e989ce64555c7aef7516bdefc2fea72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d311f9e6381d779d7d53371f87285698ecee24