Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfs/fscache: Add a memory barrier for FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING
In fscache_create_volume(), there is a missing memory barrier between the
bit-clearing operation and the wake-up operation. This may cause a
situation where, after a wake-up, the bit-clearing operation hasn't been
detected yet, leading to an indefinite wait. The triggering process is as
follows:
[cookie1] [cookie2] [volume_work]
fscache_perform_lookup
fscache_create_volume
fscache_perform_lookup
fscache_create_volume
fscache_create_volume_work
cachefiles_acquire_volume
clear_and_wake_up_bit
test_and_set_bit
test_and_set_bit
goto maybe_wait
goto no_wait
In the above process, cookie1 and cookie2 has the same volume. When cookie1
enters the -no_wait- process, it will clear the bit and wake up the waiting
process. If a barrier is missing, it may cause cookie2 to remain in the
-wait- process indefinitely.
In commit 3288666c7256 ("fscache: Use clear_and_wake_up_bit() in
fscache_create_volume_work()"), barriers were added to similar operations
in fscache_create_volume_work(), but fscache_create_volume() was missed.
By combining the clear and wake operations into clear_and_wake_up_bit() to
fix this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme-pci: fix freeing of the HMB descriptor table
The HMB descriptor table is sized to the maximum number of descriptors
that could be used for a given device, but __nvme_alloc_host_mem could
break out of the loop earlier on memory allocation failure and end up
using less descriptors than planned for, which leads to an incorrect
size passed to dma_free_coherent.
In practice this was not showing up because the number of descriptors
tends to be low and the dma coherent allocator always allocates and
frees at least a page.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: sh7760fb: Fix a possible memory leak in sh7760fb_alloc_mem()
When information such as info->screen_base is not ready, calling
sh7760fb_free_mem() does not release memory correctly. Call
dma_free_coherent() instead.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qedi: Fix a possible memory leak in qedi_alloc_and_init_sb()
Hook "qedi_ops->common->sb_init = qed_sb_init" does not release the DMA
memory sb_virt when it fails. Add dma_free_coherent() to free it. This
is the same way as qedr_alloc_mem_sb() and qede_alloc_mem_sb().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qedf: Fix a possible memory leak in qedf_alloc_and_init_sb()
Hook "qed_ops->common->sb_init = qed_sb_init" does not release the DMA
memory sb_virt when it fails. Add dma_free_coherent() to free it. This
is the same way as qedr_alloc_mem_sb() and qede_alloc_mem_sb().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dlm: fix dlm_recover_members refcount on error
If dlm_recover_members() fails we don't drop the references of the
previous created root_list that holds and keep all rsbs alive during the
recovery. It might be not an unlikely event because ping_members() could
run into an -EINTR if another recovery progress was triggered again.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: fix blksize < PAGE_SIZE for file-backed mounts
Adjust sb->s_blocksize{,_bits} directly for file-backed
mounts when the fs block size is smaller than PAGE_SIZE.
Previously, EROFS used sb_set_blocksize(), which caused
a panic if bdev-backed mounts is not used.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: release nexthop on device removal
The CI is hitting some aperiodic hangup at device removal time in the
pmtu.sh self-test:
unregister_netdevice: waiting for veth_A-R1 to become free. Usage count = 6
ref_tracker: veth_A-R1@ffff888013df15d8 has 1/5 users at
dst_init+0x84/0x4a0
dst_alloc+0x97/0x150
ip6_dst_alloc+0x23/0x90
ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc+0x1e6/0x520
ip6_pol_route+0x56f/0x840
fib6_rule_lookup+0x334/0x630
ip6_route_output_flags+0x259/0x480
ip6_dst_lookup_tail.constprop.0+0x5c2/0x940
ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x88/0x190
udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup+0x2a7/0x4c0
vxlan_xmit_one+0xbde/0x4a50 [vxlan]
vxlan_xmit+0x9ad/0xf20 [vxlan]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x10e/0x360
__dev_queue_xmit+0xf95/0x18c0
arp_solicit+0x4a2/0xe00
neigh_probe+0xaa/0xf0
While the first suspect is the dst_cache, explicitly tracking the dst
owing the last device reference via probes proved such dst is held by
the nexthop in the originating fib6_info.
Similar to commit f5b51fe804ec ("ipv6: route: purge exception on
removal"), we need to explicitly release the originating fib info when
disconnecting a to-be-removed device from a live ipv6 dst: move the
fib6_info cleanup into ip6_dst_ifdown().
Tested running:
./pmtu.sh cleanup_ipv6_exception
in a tight loop for more than 400 iterations with no spat, running an
unpatched kernel I observed a splat every ~10 iterations.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/nouveau/gr/gf100: Fix missing unlock in gf100_gr_chan_new()
When the call to gf100_grctx_generate() fails, unlock gr->fecs.mutex
before returning the error.
Fixes smatch warning:
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/gr/gf100.c:480 gf100_gr_chan_new() warn: inconsistent returns '&gr->fecs.mutex'.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu/gfx9: Add Cleaner Shader Deinitialization in gfx_v9_0 Module
This commit addresses an omission in the previous patch related to the
cleaner shader support for GFX9 hardware. Specifically, it adds the
necessary deinitialization code for the cleaner shader in the
gfx_v9_0_sw_fini function.
The added line amdgpu_gfx_cleaner_shader_sw_fini(adev); ensures that any
allocated resources for the cleaner shader are freed correctly, avoiding
potential memory leaks and ensuring that the GPU state is clean for the
next initialization sequence.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-29