Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In June 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix potential kernel bug due to lack of writeback flag waiting
Destructive writes to a block device on which nilfs2 is mounted can cause
a kernel bug in the folio/page writeback start routine or writeback end
routine (__folio_start_writeback in the log below):
kernel BUG at mm/page-writeback.c:3070!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
...
RIP: 0010:__folio_start_writeback+0xbaa/0x10e0
Code: 25 ff 0f 00 00 0f 84 18 01 00 00 e8 40 ca c6 ff e9 17 f6 ff ff
e8 36 ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 80 c0 12 84 e8 e7 b3 0f 00 90 <0f>
0b e8 1f ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 a0 c6 12 84 e8 d0 b3 0f 00
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x4654/0x69d0 [nilfs2]
nilfs_segctor_construct+0x181/0x6b0 [nilfs2]
nilfs_segctor_thread+0x548/0x11c0 [nilfs2]
kthread+0x2f0/0x390
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
This is because when the log writer starts a writeback for segment summary
blocks or a super root block that use the backing device's page cache, it
does not wait for the ongoing folio/page writeback, resulting in an
inconsistent writeback state.
Fix this issue by waiting for ongoing writebacks when putting
folios/pages on the backing device into writeback state.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-06-25
CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
Known exploited
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.719
Published
2024-06-25
VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A
malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual
machine with an existing snapshot may trigger an out-of-bounds read
leading to a denial-of-service condition of the host.
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2024-06-25
The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may create a denial-of-service condition.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2024-06-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/xen: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call
commit afd30525a659ac0ae0904f0cb4a2ca75522c3123 upstream.
USERGS_SYSRET64 is used to return from a syscall via SYSRET, but
a Xen PV guest will nevertheless use the IRET hypercall, as there
is no sysret PV hypercall defined.
So instead of testing all the prerequisites for doing a sysret and
then mangling the stack for Xen PV again for doing an iret just use
the iret exit from the beginning.
This can easily be done via an ALTERNATIVE like it is done for the
sysenter compat case already.
It should be noted that this drops the optimization in Xen for not
restoring a few registers when returning to user mode, but it seems
as if the saved instructions in the kernel more than compensate for
this drop (a kernel build in a Xen PV guest was slightly faster with
this patch applied).
While at it remove the stale sysret32 remnants.
[ pawan: Brad Spengler and Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
reported a problem with the 5.10 backport commit edc702b4a820
("x86/entry_64: Add VERW just before userspace transition").
When CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y, CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS is not executed in
syscall_return_via_sysret path as USERGS_SYSRET64 is runtime
patched to:
.cpu_usergs_sysret64 = { 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf8,
0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 }, // swapgs; sysretq
which is missing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS. It turns out dropping
USERGS_SYSRET64 simplifies the code, allowing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS
to be explicitly added to syscall_return_via_sysret path. Below
is with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y and this patch applied:
syscall_return_via_sysret:
...
<+342>: swapgs
<+345>: xchg %ax,%ax
<+347>: verw -0x1a2(%rip) <------
<+354>: sysretq
]
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-06-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: lgdt3306a: Add a check against null-pointer-def
The driver should check whether the client provides the platform_data.
The following log reveals it:
[ 29.610324] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in kmemdup+0x30/0x40
[ 29.610730] Read of size 40 at addr 0000000000000000 by task bash/414
[ 29.612820] Call Trace:
[ 29.613030] <TASK>
[ 29.613201] dump_stack_lvl+0x56/0x6f
[ 29.613496] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40
[ 29.613754] print_report.cold+0x494/0x6b7
[ 29.614082] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40
[ 29.614340] kasan_report+0x8a/0x190
[ 29.614628] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40
[ 29.614888] kasan_check_range+0x14d/0x1d0
[ 29.615213] memcpy+0x20/0x60
[ 29.615454] kmemdup+0x30/0x40
[ 29.615700] lgdt3306a_probe+0x52/0x310
[ 29.616339] i2c_device_probe+0x951/0xa90
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-06-25
HCL Connections contains a broken access control vulnerability that may allow unauthorized user to update data in certain scenarios.
CVSS Score
3.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2024-06-25
A buffer overflow in PX4-Autopilot v1.12.3 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted MavLink message.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2024-06-25
PX4-Autopilot v1.14.3 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the topic_name parameter at /logger/logged_topics.cpp.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2024-06-25
A leftover debug code vulnerability exists in the cli_server debug functionality of Tp-Link ER7206 Omada Gigabit VPN Router 1.4.1 Build 20240117 Rel.57421. A specially crafted series of network requests can lead to arbitrary command execution. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2024-06-25