Linux Kernel up to 6.7.6 on RIP RDMA qedr_init_user_queue allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.210/5.15.149/6.1.79/6.6.18/6.7.6 on RIP. Affected by this vulnerability is the function qedr_init_user_queue of the component RDMA. This manipulation causes allocation of resources. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-26743. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.210/5.15.149/6.1.79/6.6.18/6.7.6 on RIP. Affected by this vulnerability is the function qedr_init_user_queue of the component RDMA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/qedr: Fix qedr_create_user_qp error flow Avoid the following warning by making sure to free the allocated resources in case that qedr_init_user_queue() fail. -----------[ cut here ]----------- WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 143192 at drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c:874 uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] Modules linked in: tls target_core_user uio target_core_pscsi target_core_file target_core_iblock ib_srpt ib_srp scsi_transport_srp nfsd nfs_acl rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs 8021q garp mrp stp llc ext4 mbcache jbd2 opa_vnic ib_umad ib_ipoib sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm hfi1 intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common mgag200 qedr sb_edac drm_shmem_helper rdmavt x86_pkg_temp_thermal drm_kms_helper intel_powerclamp ib_uverbs coretemp i2c_algo_bit kvm_intel dell_wmi_descriptor ipmi_ssif sparse_keymap kvm ib_core rfkill syscopyarea sysfillrect video sysimgblt irqbypass ipmi_si ipmi_devintf fb_sys_fops rapl iTCO_wdt mxm_wmi iTCO_vendor_support intel_cstate pcspkr dcdbas intel_uncore ipmi_msghandler lpc_ich acpi_power_meter mei_me mei fuse drm xfs libcrc32c qede sd_mod ahci libahci t10_pi sg crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel qed libata tg3 ghash_clmulni_intel megaraid_sas crc8 wmi [last unloaded: ib_srpt] CPU: 0 PID: 143192 Comm: fi_rdm_tagged_p Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-408.el9.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R430/03XKDV, BIOS 2.14.0 01/25/2022 RIP: 0010:uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] Code: 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 0f 26 1b dd 48 89 df e8 67 6a ff ff 49 8b 86 10 01 00 00 48 85 c0 74 9c 4c 89 e7 e8 83 c0 cb dd eb 92 0b eb be 0f 0b be 04 00 00 00 48 89 df e8 8e f5 ff ff e9 6d ff RSP: 0018:ffffb7c6cadfbc60 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: ffff8f0889ee3f60 RBX: ffff8f088c1a5200 RCX: 00000000802a0016 RDX: 00000000802a0017 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8f0880042600 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff8f11fffd5000 R11: 0000000000039000 R12: ffff8f0d5b36cd80 R13: ffff8f088c1a5250 R14: ffff8f1206d91000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f11d7c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000147069200e20 CR3: 00000001c7210002 CR4: 00000000001706f0 Call Trace: ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df ? ib_uverbs_close+0x1f/0xb0 [ib_uverbs] ? uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ? __warn+0x81/0x110 ? uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ? report_bug+0x10a/0x140 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_close+0x1f/0xb0 [ib_uverbs] __fput+0x94/0x250 task_work_run+0x5c/0x90 do_exit+0x270/0x4a0 do_group_exit+0x2d/0x90 get_signal+0x87c/0x8c0 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x25/0x100 ? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xc2/0x110 [ib_uverbs] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9c/0x130 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xb6/0x100 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x22/0x40 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x22/0x40 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? common_interrupt+0x43/0xa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc RIP: 0033:0x1470abe3ec6b Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x1470abe3ec41. RSP: 002b:00007fff13ce9108 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: fffffffffffffffc RBX: 00007fff13ce9218 RCX: 00001470abe3ec6b RDX: 00007fff13ce9200 RSI: 00000000c0181b01 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fff13ce91e0 R08: 0000558d9655da10 R09: 0000558d9655dd00 R10: 00007fff13ce95c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff13ce9358 R13: 0000000000000013 R14: 0000558d9655db50 R15: 00007fff13ce9470 --[ end trace 888a9b92e04c5c97 ]--

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-26743 since 02/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210815 (RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:9315)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5639414a52a2/135e5465fefa/7f31a244c753/95175dda017c/bab8875c06eb/5ba4e6d5863c 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 databases at Tenable (210815) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0773). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp FAS
• EMC Avamar
• Oracle VM
• NetApp AFF
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DB2
• IBM Storage Scale System

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.210
• 5.15.149
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.1.40
• 6.1.41
• 6.1.42
• 6.1.43
• 6.1.44
• 6.1.45
• 6.1.46
• 6.1.47
• 6.1.48
• 6.1.49
• 6.1.50
• 6.1.51
• 6.1.52
• 6.1.53
• 6.1.54
• 6.1.55
• 6.1.56
• 6.1.57
• 6.1.58
• 6.1.59
• 6.1.60
• 6.1.61
• 6.1.62
• 6.1.63
• 6.1.64
• 6.1.65
• 6.1.66
• 6.1.67
• 6.1.68
• 6.1.69
• 6.1.70
• 6.1.71
• 6.1.72
• 6.1.73
• 6.1.74
• 6.1.75
• 6.1.76
• 6.1.77
• 6.1.78
• 6.1.79
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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