In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: s390: Fix use-after-free of PCI resources with per-function hotplug
On s390 PCI functions may be hotplugged individually even when they belong to a multi-function device. In particular on an SR-IOV device VFs may be removed and later re-added.
In commit a50297cf8235 ("s390/pci: separate zbus creation from scanning") it was missed however that struct pci_bus and struct zpci_bus's resource list retained a reference to the PCI functions MMIO resources even though those resources are released and freed on hot-unplug. These stale resources may subsequently be claimed when the PCI function re-appears resulting in use-after-free.
One idea of fixing this use-after-free in s390 specific code that was investigated was to simply keep resources around from the moment a PCI function first appeared until the whole virtual PCI bus created for a multi-function device disappears. The problem with this however is that due to the requirement of artificial MMIO addreesses (address cookies) extra logic is then needed to keep the address cookies compatible on re-plug. At the same time the MMIO resources semantically belong to the PCI function so tying their lifecycle to the function seems more logical.
Instead a simpler approach is to remove the resources of an individually hot-unplugged PCI function from the PCI bus's resource list while keeping the resources of other PCI functions on the PCI bus untouched.
This is done by introducing pci_bus_remove_resource() to remove an individual resource. Similarly the resource also needs to be removed from the struct zpci_bus's resource list. It turns out however, that there is really no need to add the MMIO resources to the struct zpci_bus's resource list at all and instead we can simply use the zpci_bar_struct's resource pointer directly.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.104-63.140Upgrade kernel | Jul 9, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.21-1.45Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel | Jul 11, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 5, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-nvidiaUpgrade linux-azureUpgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-realtimeUpgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-intel-iotg-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-riscv-5.15Upgrade linux-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-gkeUpgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15Upgrade linux-ibm-5.15Upgrade linux-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linux-aws-5.15Upgrade linux | May 8, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
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