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

Unreviewed Published Mar 11, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 27, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump

A crash was found when dumping SMC-D connections. It can be reproduced
by following steps:

  • run nginx/wrk test:
    smc_run nginx
    smc_run wrk -t 16 -c 1000 -d -H 'Connection: Close'

  • continuously dump SMC-D connections in parallel:
    watch -n 1 'smcss -D'

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000030
CPU: 2 PID: 7204 Comm: smcss Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.7.0+ #55
RIP: 0010:__smc_diag_dump.constprop.0+0x5e5/0x620 [smc_diag]
Call Trace:

? __die+0x24/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x66/0x150
? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x140
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? __smc_diag_dump.constprop.0+0x5e5/0x620 [smc_diag]
? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x35d/0x430
? __alloc_skb+0x77/0x170
smc_diag_dump_proto+0xd0/0xf0 [smc_diag]
smc_diag_dump+0x26/0x60 [smc_diag]
netlink_dump+0x19f/0x320
__netlink_dump_start+0x1dc/0x300
smc_diag_handler_dump+0x6a/0x80 [smc_diag]
? __pfx_smc_diag_dump+0x10/0x10 [smc_diag]
sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x121/0x140
? __pfx_sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
netlink_rcv_skb+0x5a/0x110
sock_diag_rcv+0x28/0x40
netlink_unicast+0x22a/0x330
netlink_sendmsg+0x1f8/0x420
__sock_sendmsg+0xb0/0xc0
____sys_sendmsg+0x24e/0x300
? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x62/0x80
___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xd0
? __do_fault+0x34/0x160
? do_read_fault+0x5f/0x100
? do_fault+0xb0/0x110
? __handle_mm_fault+0x2b0/0x6c0
__sys_sendmsg+0x4d/0x80
do_syscall_64+0x69/0x180
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

It is possible that the connection is in process of being established
when we dump it. Assumed that the connection has been registered in a
link group by smc_conn_create() but the rmb_desc has not yet been
initialized by smc_buf_create(), thus causing the illegal access to
conn->rmb_desc. So fix it by checking before dump.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 11, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 11, 2024
Last updated Jun 27, 2024

Severity

Unknown

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2024-26615

GHSA ID

GHSA-cf55-f79q-6cgp

Source code

No known source code

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