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CVE-2024-35877 MEDIUM

Published: 2024-05-19 | Last Modified: 2026-05-12 | Status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm/pat: fix VM_PAT handling in COW mappings PAT handling won't do the right thing in COW mappings: the first PTE (or, in fact, all PTEs) can be replaced during write faults to point at anon folios. Reliably recovering the correct PFN and cachemode using follow_phys() from PTEs will not work in COW mappings. Using follow_phys(), we might just get the address+protection of the anon folio (which is very wrong), or fail on swap/nonswap entries, failing follow_phys() and triggering a WARN_ON_ONCE() in untrack_pfn() and track_pfn_copy(), not properly calling free_pfn_range(). In free_pfn_range(), we either wouldn't call memtype_free() or would call it with the wrong range, possibly leaking memory. To fix that, let's update follow_phys() to refuse returning anon folios, and fallback to using the stored PFN inside vma->vm_pgoff for COW mappings if we run into that. We will now properly handle untrack_pfn() with COW mappings, where we don't need the cachemode. We'll have to fail fork()->track_pfn_copy() if the first page was replaced by an anon folio, though: we'd have to store the cachemode in the VMA to make this work, likely growing the VMA size. For now, lets keep it simple and let track_pfn_copy() just fail in that case: it would have failed in the past with swap/nonswap entries already, and it would have done the wrong thing with anon folios. Simple reproducer to trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE() in untrack_pfn(): <--- C reproducer ---> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/mman.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <liburing.h> int main(void) { struct io_uring_params p = {}; int ring_fd; size_t size; char *map; ring_fd = io_uring_setup(1, &p); if (ring_fd < 0) { perror("io_uring_setup"); return 1; } size = p.sq_off.array + p.sq_entries * sizeof(unsigned); /* Map the submission queue ring MAP_PRIVATE */ map = mmap(0, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, ring_fd, IORING_OFF_SQ_RING); if (map == MAP_FAILED) { perror("mmap"); return 1; } /* We have at least one page. Let's COW it. */ *map = 0; pause(); return 0; } <--- C reproducer ---> On a system with 16 GiB RAM and swap configured: # ./iouring & # memhog 16G # killall iouring [ 301.552930] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 301.553285] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 1402 at arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c:1060 untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 301.553989] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_g [ 301.558232] CPU: 7 PID: 1402 Comm: iouring Not tainted 6.7.5-100.fc38.x86_64 #1 [ 301.558772] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebu4 [ 301.559569] RIP: 0010:untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 301.559893] Code: 75 c4 eb cf 48 8b 43 10 8b a8 e8 00 00 00 3b 6b 28 74 b8 48 8b 7b 30 e8 ea 1a f7 000 [ 301.561189] RSP: 0018:ffffba2c0377fab8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 301.561590] RAX: 00000000ffffffea RBX: ffff9208c8ce9cc0 RCX: 000000010455e047 [ 301.562105] RDX: 07fffffff0eb1e0a RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9208c391d200 [ 301.562628] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffba2c0377fab8 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 301.563145] R10: ffff9208d2292d50 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 00007fea890e0000 [ 301.563669] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffba2c0377fc08 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 301.564186] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff920c2fbc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 301.564773] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 301.565197] CR2: 00007fea88ee8a20 CR3: 00000001033a8000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 [ 301.565725] PKRU: 55555554 [ 301.565944] Call Trace: [ 301.566148] <TASK> [ 301.566325] ? untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 301.566618] ? __warn+0x81/0x130 [ 301.566876] ? untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 3 ---truncated---

Additional Descriptions (1)

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: x86/mm/pat: corrige el manejo de VM_PAT en asignaciones COW El manejo de PAT no funcionará correctamente en las asignaciones COW: la primera PTE (o, de hecho, todas las PTE) pueden ser reemplazado durante fallos de escritura para señalar folios anónimos. Recuperar de manera confiable el PFN y el modo de caché correctos usando follow_phys() de las PTE no funcionará en las asignaciones COW. Usando follow_phys(), podríamos obtener la dirección+protección de la publicación anónima (lo cual es muy incorrecto), o fallar en las entradas de intercambio/no intercambio, fallando en follow_phys() y activando un WARN_ON_ONCE() en untrack_pfn() y track_pfn_copy() , no llamando correctamente a free_pfn_range(). En free_pfn_range(), no llamaríamos a memtype_free() o lo llamaríamos con el rango incorrecto, posiblemente perdiendo memoria. Para solucionarlo, actualicemos follow_phys() para rechazar la devolución de publicaciones anónimas y recurramos al uso del PFN almacenado dentro de vma-&gt;vm_pgoff para asignaciones COW si nos encontramos con eso. Ahora manejaremos adecuadamente untrack_pfn() con asignaciones COW, donde no necesitamos el modo caché. Sin embargo, tendremos que fallar fork()-&gt;track_pfn_copy() si la primera página fue reemplazada por una publicación anónima: tendríamos que almacenar el modo de caché en el VMA para que esto funcione, probablemente aumentando el tamaño del VMA. Por ahora, mantengámoslo simple y dejemos que track_pfn_copy() simplemente falle en ese caso: ya habría fallado en el pasado con entradas de intercambio/no intercambio, y habría hecho algo incorrecto con folios anónimos. Reproductor simple para activar WARN_ON_ONCE() en untrack_pfn(): &lt;--- Reproductor C ---&gt; #include #include #include #include int main(void) { struct io_uring_params p = {}; int anillo_fd; tamaño_t tamaño; carbón *mapa; ring_fd = io_uring_setup(1, &amp;p); if (ring_fd &lt; 0) { perror("io_uring_setup"); devolver 1; } tamaño = p.sq_off.array + p.sq_entries * tamaño de (sin firmar); /* Asigna el anillo de cola de envío MAP_PRIVATE */ map = mmap(0, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, ring_fd, IORING_OFF_SQ_RING); if (mapa == MAP_FAILED) { perror("mmap"); devolver 1; } /* Tenemos al menos una página. Vamos a acobardarnos. */ *mapa = 0; pausa(); devolver 0; } &lt;--- Reproductor C ---&gt; En un sistema con 16 GiB de RAM y swap configurado: # ./iouring &amp; # memhog 16G # killall iouring [ 301.552930] ------------[ cut aquí ]------------ [ 301.553285] ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 7 PID: 1402 en arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c:1060 untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 301.553989] Módulos vinculados en : binfmt_misc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_g [ 301.558232] CPU: 7 PID: 1402 Comm: iouring No contaminado 6.7.5-100.fc38.x86_64 #1 [ 301.558772] Nombre del hardware: PC estándar QEMU (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebu4 [ 301.559569] RIP: 0010:untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 301.559893] Código: 75 c4 eb cf 48 8b 43 10 8b a8 e8 00 00 00 3b b 28 74 b8 48 8b 7b 30 e8 ea 1a f7 000 [ 301.561189] RSP: 0018:ffffba2c0377fab8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 301.561590] RAX: 00000000ffffffea RBX: ffff9208c8ce9cc0 RCX: 455e047 [301.562105] RDX: 07fffffff0eb1e0a RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9208c391d200 [301.562628] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 8 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 301.563145] R10: ffff9208d2292d50 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 00007fea890e0000 [ 301.563669] R13: 00000 R14: ffffba2c0377fc08 R15: 00000000000000000 [ 301.564186] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff920c2fbc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 0 [301.564773] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 301.565197] CR2: 00007fea88ee8a20 CR3: 00000001033a8000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 [ 301.565725] KRU: 55555554 [ 301.565944] Seguimiento de llamadas: [ 301.566148] [ 301.566325] ? untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [301.566618]? __advertir+0x81/0x130 [ 301.566876] ? untrack_pfn+0xf4/0x100 [ 3 ---truncado---

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-401

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd31b0e65c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b168c00> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b16ac80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36936cfc0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340a7a640> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340a781c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b169b40> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 6.9 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3412f5300> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 6.9 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b1691c0> Operating System
debian debian_linux 10.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340a7b9c0> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References