In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/pseries/vas: Add close() callback in vas_vm_ops struct
The mapping VMA address is saved in VAS window struct when the paste address is mapped. This VMA address is used during migration to unmap the paste address if the window is active. The paste address mapping will be removed when the window is closed or with the munmap(). But the VMA address in the VAS window is not updated with munmap() which is causing invalid access during migration.
The KASAN report shows: [16386.254991] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in reconfig_close_windows+0x1a0/0x4e8 [16386.255043] Read of size 8 at addr c00000014a819670 by task drmgr/696928
[16386.255096] CPU: 29 UID: 0 PID: 696928 Comm: drmgr Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B 6.11.0-rc5-nxgzip #2 [16386.255128] Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE [16386.255148] Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX Power11 (architected) 0x820200 0xf000007 of:IBM,FW1110.00 (NH1110_016) hv:phyp pSeries [16386.255181] Call Trace: [16386.255202] [c00000016b297660] [c0000000018ad0ac] dump_stack_lvl+0x84/0xe8 (unreliable) [16386.255246] [c00000016b297690] [c0000000006e8a90] print_report+0x19c/0x764 [16386.255285] [c00000016b297760] [c0000000006e9490] kasan_report+0x128/0x1f8 [16386.255309] [c00000016b297880] [c0000000006eb5c8] __asan_load8+0xac/0xe0 [16386.255326] [c00000016b2978a0] [c00000000013f898] reconfig_close_windows+0x1a0/0x4e8 [16386.255343] [c00000016b297990] [c000000000140e58] vas_migration_handler+0x3a4/0x3fc [16386.255368] [c00000016b297a90] [c000000000128848] pseries_migrate_partition+0x4c/0x4c4 ...
[16386.256136] Allocated by task 696554 on cpu 31 at 16377.277618s: [16386.256149] kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x68 [16386.256163] kasan_save_track+0x34/0x80 [16386.256175] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x58/0x74 [16386.256196] __kasan_slab_alloc+0xb8/0xdc [16386.256209] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x200/0x3d0 [16386.256225] vm_area_alloc+0x44/0x150 [16386.256245] mmap_region+0x214/0x10c4 [16386.256265] do_mmap+0x5fc/0x750 [16386.256277] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x14c/0x24c [16386.256292] ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x20c/0x348 [16386.256303] sys_mmap+0xd0/0x160 ...
[16386.256350] Freed by task 0 on cpu 31 at 16386.204848s: [16386.256363] kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x68 [16386.256374] kasan_save_track+0x34/0x80 [16386.256384] kasan_save_free_info+0x64/0x10c [16386.256396] __kasan_slab_free+0x120/0x204 [16386.256415] kmem_cache_free+0x128/0x450 [16386.256428] vm_area_free_rcu_cb+0xa8/0xd8 [16386.256441] rcu_do_batch+0x2c8/0xcf0 [16386.256458] rcu_core+0x378/0x3c4 [16386.256473] handle_softirqs+0x20c/0x60c [16386.256495] do_softirq_own_stack+0x6c/0x88 [16386.256509] do_softirq_own_stack+0x58/0x88 [16386.256521] __irq_exit_rcu+0x1a4/0x20c [16386.256533] irq_exit+0x20/0x38 [16386.256544] interrupt_async_exit_prepare.constprop.0+0x18/0x2c ...
[16386.256717] Last potentially related work creation: [16386.256729] kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x68 [16386.256741] __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xcc/0x12c [16386.256753] __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x94/0xd04 [16386.256766] vm_area_free+0x28/0x3c [16386.256778] remove_vma+0xf4/0x114 [16386.256797] do_vmi_align_munmap.constprop.0+0x684/0x870 [16386.256811] __vm_munmap+0xe0/0x1f8 [16386.256821] sys_munmap+0x54/0x6c [16386.256830] system_call_exception+0x1a0/0x4a0 [16386.256841] system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
[16386.256868] The buggy address belongs to the object at c00000014a819670 which belongs to the cache vm_area_struct of size 168 [16386.256887] The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of freed 168-byte region [c00000014a819670, c00000014a819718)
[16386.256915] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [16386.256928] page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x14a81 [16386.256950] memcg:c0000000ba430001 [16386.256961] anon flags: 0x43ffff800000000(node=4|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) [16386.256975] page_type: 0xfdffffff(slab) [16386 ---truncated---
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Jan 13, 2025 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1020-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-genericUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2023-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1007-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle | Mar 28, 2025 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 13, 2025 | Jan 6, 2025 |
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