Linux Kernel up to 6.1.79/6.6.18/6.7.6 block/blk-mq-pci.c blk_mq_map_queues stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.79/6.6.18/6.7.6. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is the function blk_mq_map_queues of the file block/blk-mq-pci.c. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-26742. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.79/6.6.18/6.7.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function blk_mq_map_queues of the file block/blk-mq-pci.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: smartpqi: Fix disable_managed_interrupts Correct blk-mq registration issue with module parameter disable_managed_interrupts enabled. When we turn off the default PCI_IRQ_AFFINITY flag, the driver needs to register with blk-mq using blk_mq_map_queues(). The driver is currently calling blk_mq_pci_map_queues() which results in a stack trace and possibly undefined behavior. Stack Trace: [ 7.860089] scsi host2: smartpqi [ 7.871934] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 238 at block/blk-mq-pci.c:52 blk_mq_pci_map_queues+0xca/0xd0 [ 7.889231] Modules linked in: sd_mod t10_pi sg uas smartpqi(+) crc32c_intel scsi_transport_sas usb_storage dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler fuse [ 7.924755] CPU: 0 PID: 238 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 4.18.0-372.88.1.el8_6_smartpqi_test.x86_64 #1 [ 7.944336] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10/ProLiant DL380 Gen10, BIOS U30 03/08/2022 [ 7.963026] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn [ 7.978275] RIP: 0010:blk_mq_pci_map_queues+0xca/0xd0 [ 7.978278] Code: 48 89 de 89 c7 e8 f6 0f 4f 00 3b 05 c4 b7 8e 01 72 e1 5b 31 c0 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 7d df 73 00 31 c0 e9 76 df 73 00 0b eb bc 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 49 89 ff 41 56 41 55 41 54 [ 7.978280] RSP: 0018:ffffa95fc3707d50 EFLAGS: 00010216 [ 7.978283] RAX: 00000000ffffffff RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000010 [ 7.978284] RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9190c32d4310 [ 7.978286] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffa95fc3707d38 R09: ffff91929b81ac00 [ 7.978287] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffa95fc3707ac0 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 7.978288] R13: ffff9190c32d4000 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: ffff9190c4c950a8 [ 7.978290] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9193efc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 7.978292] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 8.172814] CR2: 000055d11166c000 CR3: 00000002dae10002 CR4: 00000000007706f0 [ 8.172816] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 8.172817] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 8.172818] PKRU: 55555554 [ 8.172819] Call Trace: [ 8.172823] blk_mq_alloc_tag_set+0x12e/0x310 [ 8.264339] scsi_add_host_with_dma.cold.9+0x30/0x245 [ 8.279302] pqi_ctrl_init+0xacf/0xc8e [smartpqi] [ 8.294085] ? pqi_pci_probe+0x480/0x4c8 [smartpqi] [ 8.309015] pqi_pci_probe+0x480/0x4c8 [smartpqi] [ 8.323286] local_pci_probe+0x42/0x80 [ 8.337855] work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20 [ 8.351193] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 [ 8.364462] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 8.379252] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x390 [ 8.392623] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 8.406295] kthread+0x10a/0x120 [ 8.418428] ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50 [ 8.431532] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40 [ 8.444137] ---[ end trace 1bf0173d39354506 ]---

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-26742 since 02/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/03/2025).

Upgrading to version 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3c31b18a8dd8/4f5b15c15e60/b9433b25cb06/5761eb9761d2 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 CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0773). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 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
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• 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
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• 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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