vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-46786): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 18, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fscache: delete fscache_cookie_lru_timer when fscache exits to avoid UAF
The fscache_cookie_lru_timer is initialized when the fscache module
is inserted, but is not deleted when the fscache module is removed.
If timer_reduce() is called before removing the fscache module,
the fscache_cookie_lru_timer will be added to the timer list of
the current cpu. Afterwards, a use-after-free will be triggered
in the softIRQ after removing the fscache module, as follows:
==================================================================
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff803c9e9
PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 21ffea067 P4D 21ffea067 PUD 21ffe6067 PMD 110a7c067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G W 6.11.0-rc3 #855
Tainted: [W]=WARN
RIP: 0010:__run_timer_base.part.0+0x254/0x8a0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
tmigr_handle_remote_up+0x627/0x810
__walk_groups.isra.0+0x47/0x140
tmigr_handle_remote+0x1fa/0x2f0
handle_softirqs+0x180/0x590
irq_exit_rcu+0x84/0xb0
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x90
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xf/0x20
default_idle_call+0x38/0x60
do_idle+0x2b5/0x300
cpu_startup_entry+0x54/0x60
start_secondary+0x20d/0x280
common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
</TASK>
Modules linked in: [last unloaded: netfs]
==================================================================
Therefore delete fscache_cookie_lru_timer when removing the fscahe module.
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