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HistoryJul 12, 2024 - 12:24 p.m.

CVE-2024-40913 cachefiles: defer exposing anon_fd until after copy_to_user() succeeds

2024-07-1212:24:57
Linux
github.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability
cachefiles
anon_fd
userland
close
reference count
uaf
fd_install
copy_to_user

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cachefiles: defer exposing anon_fd until after copy_to_user() succeeds

After installing the anonymous fd, we can now see it in userland and close
it. However, at this point we may not have gotten the reference count of
the cache, but we will put it during colse fd, so this may cause a cache
UAF.

So grab the cache reference count before fd_install(). In addition, by
kernel convention, fd is taken over by the user land after fd_install(),
and the kernel should not call close_fd() after that, i.e., it should call
fd_install() after everything is ready, thus fd_install() is called after
copy_to_user() succeeds.

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial