In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: sched: use RCU read-side critical section in taprio_dump()
Fix possible use-after-free in 'taprio_dump()' by adding RCU read-side critical section there. Never seen on x86 but found on a KASAN-enabled arm64 system when investigating https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b65e0af58423fc8a73aa:
[T15862] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0 [T15862] Read of size 4 at addr ffff0000d4bb88f8 by task repro/15862 [T15862] [T15862] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15862 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1-00293-gdefaf1a2113a-dirty #2 [T15862] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20240524-5.fc40 05/24/2024 [T15862] Call trace: [T15862] dump_backtrace+0x20c/0x220 [T15862] show_stack+0x2c/0x40 [T15862] dump_stack_lvl+0xf8/0x174 [T15862] print_report+0x170/0x4d8 [T15862] kasan_report+0xb8/0x1d4 [T15862] __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x20/0x2c [T15862] taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0 [T15862] tc_fill_qdisc+0x540/0x1020 [T15862] qdisc_notify.isra.0+0x330/0x3a0 [T15862] tc_modify_qdisc+0x7b8/0x1838 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20 [T15862] netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40 [T15862] netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790 [T15862] netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20 [T15862] __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0 [T15862] ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840 [T15862] ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0 [T15862] __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0 [T15862] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0 [T15862] invoke_syscall+0x88/0x2e0 [T15862] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x2a0 [T15862] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60 [T15862] el0_svc+0x50/0x184 [T15862] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [T15862] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [T15862] [T15862] Allocated by task 15857: [T15862] kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70 [T15862] kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c [T15862] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x60 [T15862] __kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0xe0 [T15862] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x194/0x334 [T15862] taprio_change+0x45c/0x2fe0 [T15862] tc_modify_qdisc+0x6a8/0x1838 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20 [T15862] netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40 [T15862] netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790 [T15862] netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20 [T15862] __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0 [T15862] ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840 [T15862] ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0 [T15862] __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0 [T15862] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0 [T15862] invoke_syscall+0x88/0x2e0 [T15862] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x2a0 [T15862] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60 [T15862] el0_svc+0x50/0x184 [T15862] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [T15862] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [T15862] [T15862] Freed by task 6192: [T15862] kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70 [T15862] kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c [T15862] kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x80 [T15862] poison_slab_object+0x110/0x160 [T15862] __kasan_slab_free+0x3c/0x74 [T15862] kfree+0x134/0x3c0 [T15862] taprio_free_sched_cb+0x18c/0x220 [T15862] rcu_core+0x920/0x1b7c [T15862] rcu_core_si+0x10/0x1c [T15862] handle_softirqs+0x2e8/0xd64 [T15862] __do_softirq+0x14/0x20
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Dec 2, 2024 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rtNo solution exists | May 15, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azureUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1008-raspiUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2023-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1005-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1020-realtime | Feb 20, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
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