GHSA-W36P-947M-7C32

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-28 09:30 – Updated: 2024-12-24 15:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

userfaultfd: release page in error path to avoid BUG_ON

Consider the following sequence of events:

  1. Userspace issues a UFFD ioctl, which ends up calling into shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(). We successfully account the blocks, we shmem_alloc_page(), but then the copy_from_user() fails. We return -ENOENT. We don't release the page we allocated.
  2. Our caller detects this error code, tries the copy_from_user() after dropping the mmap_lock, and retries, calling back into shmem_mfill_atomic_pte().
  3. Meanwhile, let's say another process filled up the tmpfs being used.
  4. So shmem_mfill_atomic_pte() fails to account blocks this time, and immediately returns - without releasing the page.

This triggers a BUG_ON in our caller, which asserts that the page should always be consumed, unless -ENOENT is returned.

To fix this, detect if we have such a "dangling" page when accounting fails, and if so, release it before returning.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-46988"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-02-28T09:15:37Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nuserfaultfd: release page in error path to avoid BUG_ON\n\nConsider the following sequence of events:\n\n1. Userspace issues a UFFD ioctl, which ends up calling into\n   shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(). We successfully account the blocks, we\n   shmem_alloc_page(), but then the copy_from_user() fails. We return\n   -ENOENT. We don\u0027t release the page we allocated.\n2. Our caller detects this error code, tries the copy_from_user() after\n   dropping the mmap_lock, and retries, calling back into\n   shmem_mfill_atomic_pte().\n3. Meanwhile, let\u0027s say another process filled up the tmpfs being used.\n4. So shmem_mfill_atomic_pte() fails to account blocks this time, and\n   immediately returns - without releasing the page.\n\nThis triggers a BUG_ON in our caller, which asserts that the page\nshould always be consumed, unless -ENOENT is returned.\n\nTo fix this, detect if we have such a \"dangling\" page when accounting\nfails, and if so, release it before returning.",
  "id": "GHSA-w36p-947m-7c32",
  "modified": "2024-12-24T15:30:31Z",
  "published": "2024-02-28T09:30:37Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46988"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319116227e52d49eee671f0aa278bac89b3c1b69"
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