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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

High severity Unreviewed Published Feb 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 10, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm rq: fix double free of blk_mq_tag_set in dev remove after table load fails

When loading a device-mapper table for a request-based mapped device,
and the allocation/initialization of the blk_mq_tag_set for the device
fails, a following device remove will cause a double free.

E.g. (dmesg):
device-mapper: core: Cannot initialize queue for request-based dm-mq mapped device
device-mapper: ioctl: unable to set up device queue for new table.
Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space
Failing address: 0305e098835de000 TEID: 0305e098835de803
Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.
AS:000000025efe0007 R3:0000000000000024
Oops: 0038 ilc:3 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: ... lots of modules ...
Supported: Yes, External
CPU: 0 PID: 7348 Comm: multipathd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W X 5.3.18-53-default #1 SLE15-SP3
Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 7I2 (LPAR)
Krnl PSW : 0704e00180000000 000000025e368eca (kfree+0x42/0x330)
R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
Krnl GPRS: 000000000000004a 000000025efe5230 c1773200d779968d 0000000000000000
000000025e520270 000000025e8d1b40 0000000000000003 00000007aae10000
000000025e5202a2 0000000000000001 c1773200d779968d 0305e098835de640
00000007a8170000 000003ff80138650 000000025e5202a2 000003e00396faa8
Krnl Code: 000000025e368eb8: c4180041e100 lgrl %r1,25eba50b8
000000025e368ebe: ecba06b93a55 risbg %r11,%r10,6,185,58
#000000025e368ec4: e3b010000008 ag %r11,0(%r1)
>000000025e368eca: e310b0080004 lg %r1,8(%r11)
000000025e368ed0: a7110001 tmll %r1,1
000000025e368ed4: a7740129 brc 7,25e369126
000000025e368ed8: e320b0080004 lg %r2,8(%r11)
000000025e368ede: b904001b lgr %r1,%r11
Call Trace:
[<000000025e368eca>] kfree+0x42/0x330
[<000000025e5202a2>] blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x72/0xb8
[<000003ff801316a8>] dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device+0x38/0x50 [dm_mod]
[<000003ff80120082>] free_dev+0x52/0xd0 [dm_mod]
[<000003ff801233f0>] __dm_destroy+0x150/0x1d0 [dm_mod]
[<000003ff8012bb9a>] dev_remove+0x162/0x1c0 [dm_mod]
[<000003ff8012a988>] ctl_ioctl+0x198/0x478 [dm_mod]
[<000003ff8012ac8a>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x22/0x38 [dm_mod]
[<000000025e3b11ee>] ksys_ioctl+0xbe/0xe0
[<000000025e3b127a>] __s390x_sys_ioctl+0x2a/0x40
[<000000025e8c15ac>] system_call+0xd8/0x2c8
Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[<000000025e52029c>] blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x6c/0xb8
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops

When allocation/initialization of the blk_mq_tag_set fails in
dm_mq_init_request_queue(), it is uninitialized/freed, but the pointer
is not reset to NULL; so when dev_remove() later gets into
dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device() it sees the pointer and tries to
uninitialize and free it again.

Fix this by setting the pointer to NULL in dm_mq_init_request_queue()
error-handling. Also set it to NULL in dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device().

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 27, 2024
Last updated Apr 10, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-46938

GHSA ID

GHSA-3f9f-wff5-c5pp

Source code

No known source code

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