Vulnerability Details : CVE-2024-26901
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak
syzbot identified a kernel information leak vulnerability in
do_sys_name_to_handle() and issued the following report [1].
[1]
"BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40
instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]
_copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40
copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:191 [inline]
do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:73 [inline]
__do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline]
__se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x949/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94
__x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94
...
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
__kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5c9/0x970 mm/slub.c:3517
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
__kmalloc+0x121/0x3c0 mm/slab_common.c:1020
kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:39 [inline]
__do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline]
__se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x441/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94
__x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94
...
Bytes 18-19 of 20 are uninitialized
Memory access of size 20 starts at ffff888128a46380
Data copied to user address 0000000020000240"
Per Chuck Lever's suggestion, use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to
solve the problem.
Products affected by CVE-2024-26901
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-26901
0.24%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 46 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2024-26901
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.3
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
3.9
|
1.4
|
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 2024-11-07 |
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-04-29 |
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
N/A
|
N/A
|
RedHat-CVE-2024-26901 | 2024-04-17 |
CWE ids for CVE-2024-26901
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The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2024-26901
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/423b6bdf19bbc5e1f7e7461045099917378f7e71
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bac28f441e3cc9d3f1a84c8d023228a68d8a7c1
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/772a7def9868091da3bcb0d6c6ff9f0c03d7fa8b
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cba138f1ef37ec6f961baeab62f312dedc7cf730
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
[SECURITY] [DLA 3840-1] linux security update
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6450d5e46a737a008b4885aa223486113bf0ad6
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1362eae861db28b1608b9dc23e49634fe87b63b
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde76b3af247f615447bcfecf610bb76c3529126
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf9ec1b24ab4e94345aa1c60811dd329f069c38b
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
[SECURITY] [DLA 3842-1] linux-5.10 security update
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3948abaa4e2be938ccdfc289385a27342fb13d43
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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