Security Vulnerabilities
- CVEs Published In October 2024
An issue in DCME-320-L <=9.3.2.114 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the log_u_umount.php component.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kthread: unpark only parked kthread
Calling into kthread unparking unconditionally is mostly harmless when
the kthread is already unparked. The wake up is then simply ignored
because the target is not in TASK_PARKED state.
However if the kthread is per CPU, the wake up is preceded by a call
to kthread_bind() which expects the task to be inactive and in
TASK_PARKED state, which obviously isn't the case if it is unparked.
As a result, calling kthread_stop() on an unparked per-cpu kthread
triggers such a warning:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at kernel/kthread.c:525 __kthread_bind_mask kernel/kthread.c:525
<TASK>
kthread_stop+0x17a/0x630 kernel/kthread.c:707
destroy_workqueue+0x136/0xc40 kernel/workqueue.c:5810
wg_destruct+0x1e2/0x2e0 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:257
netdev_run_todo+0xe1a/0x1000 net/core/dev.c:10693
default_device_exit_batch+0xa14/0xa90 net/core/dev.c:11769
ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:178 [inline]
cleanup_net+0x89d/0xcc0 net/core/net_namespace.c:640
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312
worker_thread+0x86d/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:3393
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
</TASK>
Fix this with skipping unecessary unparking while stopping a kthread.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Fix improper handling of refcount in ice_sriov_set_msix_vec_count()
This patch addresses an issue with improper reference count handling in the
ice_sriov_set_msix_vec_count() function.
First, the function calls ice_get_vf_by_id(), which increments the
reference count of the vf pointer. If the subsequent call to
ice_get_vf_vsi() fails, the function currently returns an error without
decrementing the reference count of the vf pointer, leading to a reference
count leak. The correct behavior, as implemented in this patch, is to
decrement the reference count using ice_put_vf(vf) before returning an
error when vsi is NULL.
Second, the function calls ice_sriov_get_irqs(), which sets
vf->first_vector_idx. If this call returns a negative value, indicating an
error, the function returns an error without decrementing the reference
count of the vf pointer, resulting in another reference count leak. The
patch addresses this by adding a call to ice_put_vf(vf) before returning
an error when vf->first_vector_idx < 0.
This bug was identified by an experimental static analysis tool developed
by our team. The tool specializes in analyzing reference count operations
and identifying potential mismanagement of reference counts. In this case,
the tool flagged the missing decrement operation as a potential issue,
leading to this patch.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Fix improper handling of refcount in ice_dpll_init_rclk_pins()
This patch addresses a reference count handling issue in the
ice_dpll_init_rclk_pins() function. The function calls ice_dpll_get_pins(),
which increments the reference count of the relevant resources. However,
if the condition WARN_ON((!vsi || !vsi->netdev)) is met, the function
currently returns an error without properly releasing the resources
acquired by ice_dpll_get_pins(), leading to a reference count leak.
To resolve this, the check has been moved to the top of the function. This
ensures that the function verifies the state before any resources are
acquired, avoiding the need for additional resource management in the
error path.
This bug was identified by an experimental static analysis tool developed
by our team. The tool specializes in analyzing reference count operations
and detecting potential issues where resources are not properly managed.
In this case, the tool flagged the missing release operation as a
potential problem, which led to the development of this patch.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
device-dax: correct pgoff align in dax_set_mapping()
pgoff should be aligned using ALIGN_DOWN() instead of ALIGN(). Otherwise,
vmf->address not aligned to fault_size will be aligned to the next
alignment, that can result in memory failure getting the wrong address.
It's a subtle situation that only can be observed in
page_mapped_in_vma() after the page is page fault handled by
dev_dax_huge_fault. Generally, there is little chance to perform
page_mapped_in_vma in dev-dax's page unless in specific error injection
to the dax device to trigger an MCE - memory-failure. In that case,
page_mapped_in_vma() will be triggered to determine which task is
accessing the failure address and kill that task in the end.
We used self-developed dax device (which is 2M aligned mapping) , to
perform error injection to random address. It turned out that error
injected to non-2M-aligned address was causing endless MCE until panic.
Because page_mapped_in_vma() kept resulting wrong address and the task
accessing the failure address was never killed properly:
[ 3783.719419] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3784.049006] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3784.049190] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3784.448042] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3784.448186] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3784.792026] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3784.792179] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3785.162502] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3785.162633] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3785.461116] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3785.461247] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3785.764730] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3785.764859] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3786.042128] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3786.042259] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3786.464293] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3786.464423] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3786.818090] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3786.818217] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
[ 3787.085297] mce: Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at
200c9742380
[ 3787.085424] Memory failure: 0x200c9742: recovery action for dax page:
Recovered
It took us several weeks to pinpoint this problem, but we eventually
used bpftrace to trace the page fault and mce address and successfully
identified the issue.
Joao added:
; Likely we never reproduce in production because we always pin
: device-dax regions in the region align they provide (Qemu does
: similarly with prealloc in hugetlb/file backed memory). I think this
: bug requires that we touch *unpinned* device-dax regions unaligned to
: the device-dax selected alignment (page size i.e. 4K/2M/1G)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: Remove LED entry from LEDs list on unregister
Commit c938ab4da0eb ("net: phy: Manual remove LEDs to ensure correct
ordering") correctly fixed a problem with using devm_ but missed
removing the LED entry from the LEDs list.
This cause kernel panic on specific scenario where the port for the PHY
is torn down and up and the kmod for the PHY is removed.
On setting the port down the first time, the assosiacted LEDs are
correctly unregistered. The associated kmod for the PHY is now removed.
The kmod is now added again and the port is now put up, the associated LED
are registered again.
On putting the port down again for the second time after these step, the
LED list now have 4 elements. With the first 2 already unregistered
previously and the 2 new one registered again.
This cause a kernel panic as the first 2 element should have been
removed.
Fix this by correctly removing the element when LED is unregistered.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list
The kernel may crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are still
listeners for that family:
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
...
NIP [c000000000c080bc] netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0
LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0
Call Trace:
__netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0
genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0
Change the unsafe loop on the list to a safe one, because inside the
loop there is an element removal from this list.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: fnic: Move flush_work initialization out of if block
After commit 379a58caa199 ("scsi: fnic: Move fnic_fnic_flush_tx() to a
work queue"), it can happen that a work item is sent to an uninitialized
work queue. This may has the effect that the item being queued is never
actually queued, and any further actions depending on it will not
proceed.
The following warning is observed while the fnic driver is loaded:
kernel: WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 0 at ../kernel/workqueue.c:1524 __queue_work+0x373/0x410
kernel: <IRQ>
kernel: queue_work_on+0x3a/0x50
kernel: fnic_wq_copy_cmpl_handler+0x54a/0x730 [fnic 62fbff0c42e7fb825c60a55cde2fb91facb2ed24]
kernel: fnic_isr_msix_wq_copy+0x2d/0x60 [fnic 62fbff0c42e7fb825c60a55cde2fb91facb2ed24]
kernel: __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x36/0x1a0
kernel: handle_irq_event_percpu+0x30/0x70
kernel: handle_irq_event+0x34/0x60
kernel: handle_edge_irq+0x7e/0x1a0
kernel: __common_interrupt+0x3b/0xb0
kernel: common_interrupt+0x58/0xa0
kernel: </IRQ>
It has been observed that this may break the rediscovery of Fibre
Channel devices after a temporary fabric failure.
This patch fixes it by moving the work queue initialization out of
an if block in fnic_probe().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: wd33c93: Don't use stale scsi_pointer value
A regression was introduced with commit dbb2da557a6a ("scsi: wd33c93:
Move the SCSI pointer to private command data") which results in an oops
in wd33c93_intr(). That commit added the scsi_pointer variable and
initialized it from hostdata->connected. However, during selection,
hostdata->connected is not yet valid. Fix this by getting the current
scsi_pointer from hostdata->selecting.
The API Interface of the AWV (Audio, Web and Video Conferencing) component of Mitel MiCollab through 9.8 SP1 FP2 (9.8.1.201) could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct SQL injection due to insufficient sanitization of user input. A successful exploit could allow an attacker with knowledge of specific details to access non-sensitive user provisioning information and execute arbitrary SQL database commands.