GHSA-RQGV-9MJQ-566P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD
In ondemand mode, when the daemon is processing an open request, if the kernel flags the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, the cachefiles_daemon_write() will always return -EIO, so the daemon can't pass the copen to the kernel. Then the kernel process that is waiting for the copen triggers a hung_task.
Since the DEAD state is irreversible, it can only be exited by closing /dev/cachefiles. Therefore, after calling cachefiles_io_error() to mark the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, if in ondemand mode, flush all requests to avoid the above hungtask. We may still be able to read some of the cached data before closing the fd of /dev/cachefiles.
Note that this relies on the patch that adds reference counting to the req, otherwise it may UAF.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-40935"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD\n\nIn ondemand mode, when the daemon is processing an open request, if the\nkernel flags the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, the cachefiles_daemon_write()\nwill always return -EIO, so the daemon can\u0027t pass the copen to the kernel.\nThen the kernel process that is waiting for the copen triggers a hung_task.\n\nSince the DEAD state is irreversible, it can only be exited by closing\n/dev/cachefiles. Therefore, after calling cachefiles_io_error() to mark\nthe cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, if in ondemand mode, flush all requests to\navoid the above hungtask. We may still be able to read some of the cached\ndata before closing the fd of /dev/cachefiles.\n\nNote that this relies on the patch that adds reference counting to the req,\notherwise it may UAF.",
"id": "GHSA-rqgv-9mjq-566p",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:54Z",
"published": "2024-07-12T15:31:28Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/320ba9cbca78be79c912143bbba1d1b35ca55cf0"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf0b8030296e9ee60d3d4c15849ad9ac0b47081"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85e833cd7243bda7285492b0653c3abb1e2e757b"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e73fac95084839c5178d97e81c6a2051251bdc00"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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