Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In January 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: fix nfs4_openowner leak when concurrent nfsd4_open occur
The action force umount(umount -f) will attempt to kill all rpc_task even
umount operation may ultimately fail if some files remain open.
Consequently, if an action attempts to open a file, it can potentially
send two rpc_task to nfs server.
NFS CLIENT
thread1 thread2
open("file")
...
nfs4_do_open
_nfs4_do_open
_nfs4_open_and_get_state
_nfs4_proc_open
nfs4_run_open_task
/* rpc_task1 */
rpc_run_task
rpc_wait_for_completion_task
umount -f
nfs_umount_begin
rpc_killall_tasks
rpc_signal_task
rpc_task1 been wakeup
and return -512
_nfs4_do_open // while loop
...
nfs4_run_open_task
/* rpc_task2 */
rpc_run_task
rpc_wait_for_completion_task
While processing an open request, nfsd will first attempt to find or
allocate an nfs4_openowner. If it finds an nfs4_openowner that is not
marked as NFS4_OO_CONFIRMED, this nfs4_openowner will released. Since
two rpc_task can attempt to open the same file simultaneously from the
client to server, and because two instances of nfsd can run
concurrently, this situation can lead to lots of memory leak.
Additionally, when we echo 0 to /proc/fs/nfsd/threads, warning will be
triggered.
NFS SERVER
nfsd1 nfsd2 echo 0 > /proc/fs/nfsd/threads
nfsd4_open
nfsd4_process_open1
find_or_alloc_open_stateowner
// alloc oo1, stateid1
nfsd4_open
nfsd4_process_open1
find_or_alloc_open_stateowner
// find oo1, without NFS4_OO_CONFIRMED
release_openowner
unhash_openowner_locked
list_del_init(&oo->oo_perclient)
// cannot find this oo
// from client, LEAK!!!
alloc_stateowner // alloc oo2
nfsd4_process_open2
init_open_stateid
// associate oo1
// with stateid1, stateid1 LEAK!!!
nfs4_get_vfs_file
// alloc nfsd_file1 and nfsd_file_mark1
// all LEAK!!!
nfsd4_process_open2
...
write_threads
...
nfsd_destroy_serv
nfsd_shutdown_net
nfs4_state_shutdown_net
nfs4_state_destroy_net
destroy_client
__destroy_client
// won't find oo1!!!
nfsd_shutdown_generic
nfsd_file_cache_shutdown
kmem_cache_destroy
for nfsd_file_slab
and nfsd_file_mark_slab
// bark since nfsd_file1
// and nfsd_file_mark1
// still alive
=======================================================================
BUG nfsd_file (Not tainted): Objects remaining in nfsd_file on
__kmem_cache_shutdown()
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Slab 0xffd4000004438a80 objects=34 used=1 fp=0xff11000110e2ad28
flags=0x17ffffc0000240(workingset|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 757 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6+ #19
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dum
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
quota: flush quota_release_work upon quota writeback
One of the paths quota writeback is called from is:
freeze_super()
sync_filesystem()
ext4_sync_fs()
dquot_writeback_dquots()
Since we currently don't always flush the quota_release_work queue in
this path, we can end up with the following race:
1. dquot are added to releasing_dquots list during regular operations.
2. FS Freeze starts, however, this does not flush the quota_release_work queue.
3. Freeze completes.
4. Kernel eventually tries to flush the workqueue while FS is frozen which
hits a WARN_ON since transaction gets started during frozen state:
ext4_journal_check_start+0x28/0x110 [ext4] (unreliable)
__ext4_journal_start_sb+0x64/0x1c0 [ext4]
ext4_release_dquot+0x90/0x1d0 [ext4]
quota_release_workfn+0x43c/0x4d0
Which is the following line:
WARN_ON(sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE);
Which ultimately results in generic/390 failing due to dmesg
noise. This was detected on powerpc machine 15 cores.
To avoid this, make sure to flush the workqueue during
dquot_writeback_dquots() so we dont have any pending workitems after
freeze.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: spinand: winbond: Fix 512GW, 01GW, 01JW and 02JW ECC information
These four chips:
* W25N512GW
* W25N01GW
* W25N01JW
* W25N02JW
all require a single bit of ECC strength and thus feature an on-die
Hamming-like ECC engine. There is no point in filling a ->get_status()
callback for them because the main ECC status bytes are located in
standard places, and retrieving the number of bitflips in case of
corrected chunk is both useless and unsupported (if there are bitflips,
then there is 1 at most, so no need to query the chip for that).
Without this change, a kernel warning triggers every time a bit flips.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit: string-stream: Fix a UAF bug in kunit_init_suite()
In kunit_debugfs_create_suite(), if alloc_string_stream() fails in the
kunit_suite_for_each_test_case() loop, the "suite->log = stream"
has assigned before, and the error path only free the suite->log's stream
memory but not set it to NULL, so the later string_stream_clear() of
suite->log in kunit_init_suite() will cause below UAF bug.
Set stream pointer to NULL after free to fix it.
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 006440150000030d
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000004
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[006440150000030d] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Dumping ftrace buffer:
(ftrace buffer empty)
Modules linked in: iio_test_gts industrialio_gts_helper cfg80211 rfkill ipv6 [last unloaded: iio_test_gts]
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 6253 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G B W N 6.12.0-rc4+ #458
Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN, [N]=TEST
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : string_stream_clear+0x54/0x1ac
lr : string_stream_clear+0x1a8/0x1ac
sp : ffffffc080b47410
x29: ffffffc080b47410 x28: 006440550000030d x27: ffffff80c96b5e98
x26: ffffff80c96b5e80 x25: ffffffe461b3f6c0 x24: 0000000000000003
x23: ffffff80c96b5e88 x22: 1ffffff019cdf4fc x21: dfffffc000000000
x20: ffffff80ce6fa7e0 x19: 032202a80000186d x18: 0000000000001840
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffffffe45c355cb4
x14: ffffffe45c35589c x13: ffffffe45c03da78 x12: ffffffb810168e75
x11: 1ffffff810168e74 x10: ffffffb810168e74 x9 : dfffffc000000000
x8 : 0000000000000004 x7 : 0000000000000003 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffffffc080b473a0 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : ffffffe462fbf620 x0 : dfffffc000000000
Call trace:
string_stream_clear+0x54/0x1ac
__kunit_test_suites_init+0x108/0x1d8
kunit_exec_run_tests+0xb8/0x100
kunit_module_notify+0x400/0x55c
notifier_call_chain+0xfc/0x3b4
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x68/0x9c
do_init_module+0x24c/0x5c8
load_module+0x4acc/0x4e90
init_module_from_file+0xd4/0x128
idempotent_init_module+0x2d4/0x57c
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x100
invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c
do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c
el0_svc+0x48/0xb8
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
Code: f9400753 d2dff800 f2fbffe0 d343fe7c (38e06b80)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
In DevmemIntMapPages of devicemem_server.c, there is a possible physical page uaf due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the kernel with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the interface.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into specific pages of the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least a low-privileged account on an affected device.
Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the interface.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into specific pages of the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least a low-privileged account on an affected device.
Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the interface.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into specific pages of the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least a low-privileged account on an affected device.
Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: netem: account for backlog updates from child qdisc
In general, 'qlen' of any classful qdisc should keep track of the
number of packets that the qdisc itself and all of its children holds.
In case of netem, 'qlen' only accounts for the packets in its internal
tfifo. When netem is used with a child qdisc, the child qdisc can use
'qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog' to inform its parent, netem, about created
or dropped SKBs. This function updates 'qlen' and the backlog statistics
of netem, but netem does not account for changes made by a child qdisc.
'qlen' then indicates the wrong number of packets in the tfifo.
If a child qdisc creates new SKBs during enqueue and informs its parent
about this, netem's 'qlen' value is increased. When netem dequeues the
newly created SKBs from the child, the 'qlen' in netem is not updated.
If 'qlen' reaches the configured sch->limit, the enqueue function stops
working, even though the tfifo is not full.
Reproduce the bug:
Ensure that the sender machine has GSO enabled. Configure netem as root
qdisc and tbf as its child on the outgoing interface of the machine
as follows:
$ tc qdisc add dev <oif> root handle 1: netem delay 100ms limit 100
$ tc qdisc add dev <oif> parent 1:0 tbf rate 50Mbit burst 1542 latency 50ms
Send bulk TCP traffic out via this interface, e.g., by running an iPerf3
client on the machine. Check the qdisc statistics:
$ tc -s qdisc show dev <oif>
Statistics after 10s of iPerf3 TCP test before the fix (note that
netem's backlog > limit, netem stopped accepting packets):
qdisc netem 1: root refcnt 2 limit 1000 delay 100ms
Sent 2767766 bytes 1848 pkt (dropped 652, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
backlog 4294528236b 1155p requeues 0
qdisc tbf 10: parent 1:1 rate 50Mbit burst 1537b lat 50ms
Sent 2767766 bytes 1848 pkt (dropped 327, overlimits 7601 requeues 0)
backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
Statistics after the fix:
qdisc netem 1: root refcnt 2 limit 1000 delay 100ms
Sent 37766372 bytes 24974 pkt (dropped 9, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
qdisc tbf 10: parent 1:1 rate 50Mbit burst 1537b lat 50ms
Sent 37766372 bytes 24974 pkt (dropped 327, overlimits 96017 requeues 0)
backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
tbf segments the GSO SKBs (tbf_segment) and updates the netem's 'qlen'.
The interface fully stops transferring packets and "locks". In this case,
the child qdisc and tfifo are empty, but 'qlen' indicates the tfifo is at
its limit and no more packets are accepted.
This patch adds a counter for the entries in the tfifo. Netem's 'qlen' is
only decreased when a packet is returned by its dequeue function, and not
during enqueuing into the child qdisc. External updates to 'qlen' are thus
accounted for and only the behavior of the backlog statistics changes. As
in other qdiscs, 'qlen' then keeps track of how many packets are held in
netem and all of its children. As before, sch->limit remains as the
maximum number of packets in the tfifo. The same applies to netem's
backlog statistics.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Crosswork Network Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against users of the interface of an affected system.
These vulnerabilities exist because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by inserting malicious data into specific data fields in the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. To exploit these vulnerabilities, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.
CVSS Score
4.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-08