Linux Kernel up to 6.1.77/6.6.16/6.7.4 lib/debugobjects.c nsim_dev_trap_report_work infinite loop

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.77/6.6.16/6.7.4. The affected element is the function nsim_dev_trap_report_work in the library lib/debugobjects.c. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-26681. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.77/6.6.16/6.7.4. Affected by this issue is the function nsim_dev_trap_report_work in the library lib/debugobjects.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: avoid potential loop in nsim_dev_trap_report_work() Many syzbot reports include the following trace [1] If nsim_dev_trap_report_work() can not grab the mutex, it should rearm itself at least one jiffie later. [1] Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0: NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 PID: 32383 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2-syzkaller-00031-g861c0981648f #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/17/2023 Workqueue: events nsim_dev_trap_report_work RIP: 0010:bytes_is_nonzero mm/kasan/generic.c:89 [inline] RIP: 0010:memory_is_nonzero mm/kasan/generic.c:104 [inline] RIP: 0010:memory_is_poisoned_n mm/kasan/generic.c:129 [inline] RIP: 0010:memory_is_poisoned mm/kasan/generic.c:161 [inline] RIP: 0010:check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:180 [inline] RIP: 0010:kasan_check_range+0x101/0x190 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 Code: 07 49 39 d1 75 0a 45 3a 11 b8 01 00 00 00 7c 0b 44 89 c2 e8 21 ed ff ff 83 f0 01 5b 5d 41 5c c3 48 85 d2 74 4f 48 01 ea eb 09 83 c0 01 48 39 d0 74 41 80 38 00 74 f2 eb b6 41 bc 08 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90012dcf998 EFLAGS: 00000046 RAX: fffffbfff258af1e RBX: fffffbfff258af1f RCX: ffffffff8168eda3 RDX: fffffbfff258af1f RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff92c578f0 RBP: fffffbfff258af1e R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff258af1e R10: ffffffff92c578f3 R11: ffffffff8acbcbc0 R12: 0000000000000002 R13: ffff88806db38400 R14: 1ffff920025b9f42 R15: ffffffff92c578e8 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000c00994e078 CR3: 000000002c250000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline] atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline] queued_spin_is_locked include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:57 [inline] debug_spin_unlock kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:101 [inline] do_raw_spin_unlock+0x53/0x230 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:141 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:150 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x22/0x70 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194 debug_object_activate+0x349/0x540 lib/debugobjects.c:726 debug_work_activate kernel/workqueue.c:578 [inline] insert_work+0x30/0x230 kernel/workqueue.c:1650 __queue_work+0x62e/0x11d0 kernel/workqueue.c:1802 __queue_delayed_work+0x1bf/0x270 kernel/workqueue.c:1953 queue_delayed_work_on+0x106/0x130 kernel/workqueue.c:1989 queue_delayed_work include/linux/workqueue.h:563 [inline] schedule_delayed_work include/linux/workqueue.h:677 [inline] nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x9c0/0xc80 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:842 process_one_work+0x886/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2633 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2706 [inline] worker_thread+0x8b9/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2787 kthread+0x2c6/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:242

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-26681 since 02/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209512 (Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12796)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.78, 6.6.17, 6.7.5 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0193e0660cc6/6eecddd9c3c8/d91964cdada7/ba5e1272142d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209512). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.6.16
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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