CVE-2022-49300
26.02.2025, 07:01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: fix race between nbd_alloc_config() and module removal When nbd module is being removing, nbd_alloc_config() may be called concurrently by nbd_genl_connect(), although try_module_get() will return false, but nbd_alloc_config() doesn't handle it. The race may lead to the leak of nbd_config and its related resources (e.g, recv_workq) and oops in nbd_read_stat() due to the unload of nbd module as shown below: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000040 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 5 PID: 13840 Comm: kworker/u17:33 Not tainted 5.14.0+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Workqueue: knbd16-recv recv_work [nbd] RIP: 0010:nbd_read_stat.cold+0x130/0x1a4 [nbd] Call Trace: recv_work+0x3b/0xb0 [nbd] process_one_work+0x1ed/0x390 worker_thread+0x4a/0x3d0 kthread+0x12a/0x150 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Fixing it by checking the return value of try_module_get() in nbd_alloc_config(). As nbd_alloc_config() may return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV), assign nbd->config only when nbd_alloc_config() succeeds to ensure the value of nbd->config is binary (valid or NULL). Also adding a debug message to check the reference counter of nbd_config during module removal.
Vendor | Product | Version |
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linux | linux_kernel | 𝑥 < 4.14.283 |
linux | linux_kernel | 4.15 ≤ 𝑥 < 4.19.247 |
linux | linux_kernel | 4.20 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.4.198 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.5 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.10.122 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.11 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.15.47 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.17.15 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.18 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.18.4 |
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