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High severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 16, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth()

Set new allocated bfqq to bic or remove freed bfqq from bic are both
protected by bfqd->lock, however bfq_limit_depth() is deferencing bfqq
from bic without the lock, this can lead to UAF if the io_context is
shared by multiple tasks.

For example, test bfq with io_uring can trigger following UAF in v6.6:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bfqq_group+0x15/0x50

Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x80
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x66/0x300
print_report+0x3e/0x70
kasan_report+0xb4/0xf0
bfqq_group+0x15/0x50
bfqq_request_over_limit+0x130/0x9a0
bfq_limit_depth+0x1b5/0x480
__blk_mq_alloc_requests+0x2b5/0xa00
blk_mq_get_new_requests+0x11d/0x1d0
blk_mq_submit_bio+0x286/0xb00
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x331/0x400
__block_write_full_folio+0x3d0/0x640
writepage_cb+0x3b/0xc0
write_cache_pages+0x254/0x6c0
write_cache_pages+0x254/0x6c0
do_writepages+0x192/0x310
filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x95/0xc0
__filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x99/0xd0
filemap_write_and_wait_range.part.0+0x4d/0xa0
blkdev_read_iter+0xef/0x1e0
io_read+0x1b6/0x8a0
io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300
io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390
io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550
io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

Allocated by task 808602:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x83/0x90
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b1/0x6d0
bfq_get_queue+0x138/0xfa0
bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0xe3/0x2c0
bfq_init_rq+0x196/0xbb0
bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xb5/0x480
bfq_insert_requests+0x156/0x180
blk_mq_insert_request+0x15d/0x440
blk_mq_submit_bio+0x8a4/0xb00
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x331/0x400
__blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x2dd/0x330
blkdev_write_iter+0x39a/0x450
io_write+0x22a/0x840
io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300
io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390
io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550
io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0
ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

Freed by task 808589:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40
__kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1b0
kmem_cache_free+0x10c/0x750
bfq_put_queue+0x2dd/0x770
__bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0x155/0x7a0
bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0x122/0x480
bfq_insert_requests+0x156/0x180
blk_mq_dispatch_plug_list+0x528/0x7e0
blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+0xe5/0x590
__blk_flush_plug+0x3b/0x90
blk_finish_plug+0x40/0x60
do_writepages+0x19d/0x310
filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x95/0xc0
__filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x99/0xd0
filemap_write_and_wait_range.part.0+0x4d/0xa0
blkdev_read_iter+0xef/0x1e0
io_read+0x1b6/0x8a0
io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300
io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390
io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550
io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0
ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

Fix the problem by protecting bic_to_bfqq() with bfqd->lock.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2024
Last updated Jan 16, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-53166

GHSA ID

GHSA-6gmm-x3pr-vhmf

Source code

No known source code

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