In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipc: limit next_id allocation to the valid ID range The checkpoint/restore sysctl path can request the next SysV IPC id through ids->next_id. ipc_idr_alloc() currently forwards that request to idr_alloc() with an open-ended upper bound. If the valid tail of the SysV IPC id space is full, the allocation can spill beyond ipc_mni. The returned SysV IPC id still uses the normal index encoding, so later lookup and removal can target the wrong slot. This leaves the real IDR entry behind and breaks the IDR state for the object. The bug is in ipc_idr_alloc() in the checkpoint/restore path. 1. ids->next_id is passed to: idr_alloc(&ids->ipcs_idr, new, ipcid_to_idx(next_id), 0, ...) 2. The zero upper bound makes the allocation effectively open-ended. Once the valid SysV IPC tail is occupied, idr_alloc() can spill past ipc_mni and allocate an entry beyond the valid IPC id range. 3. The new object id is still encoded with the narrower SysV IPC index width: new->id = (new->seq << ipcmni_seq_shift()) + idx 4. Later removal goes through ipc_rmid(), which uses: ipcid_to_idx(ipcp->id) That truncates the real IDR index. An object actually stored at a high index can then be removed as if it lived at a low in-range index. 5. For shared memory, shm_destroy() frees the current object anyway, but the real high IDR slot is left behind as a dangling pointer. 6. A subsequent walk of /proc/sysvipc/shm reaches the stale IDR entry and dereferences freed memory. Prevent this by bounding the requested allocation to ipc_mni so the checkpoint/restore path fails once the valid range is exhausted.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
|---|---|
| Attack Complexity | LOW |
| Privileges Required | LOW |
| User Interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality Impact | HIGH |
| Integrity Impact | HIGH |
| Availability Impact | HIGH |
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Type: Secondary
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Impact Score: 5.9
| Source | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [email protected] | Primary |
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CWE-401
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| 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c | Secondary |
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CWE-825
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370398740> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3697c6700> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd289d3e800> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acc580> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370399840> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370399ac0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acdf00> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acc880> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acc240> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370399e00> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acf8c0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36ac270c0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acc840> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369acc980> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340a414c0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369aceb00> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369b565c0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3408f4a00> | Operating System |
| 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:3.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |