Linux Kernel up to 6.7.8 iommufd_access_change_ioas memory corruption

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.8. This affects the function iommufd_access_change_ioas. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-26785. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.8. Affected is the function iommufd_access_change_ioas. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Fix protection fault in iommufd_test_syz_conv_iova Syzkaller reported the following bug: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000038: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001c0-0x00000000000001c7] Call Trace: lock_acquire lock_acquire+0x1ce/0x4f0 down_read+0x93/0x4a0 iommufd_test_syz_conv_iova+0x56/0x1f0 iommufd_test_access_rw.isra.0+0x2ec/0x390 iommufd_test+0x1058/0x1e30 iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x381/0x510 vfs_ioctl __do_sys_ioctl __se_sys_ioctl __x64_sys_ioctl+0x170/0x1e0 do_syscall_x64 do_syscall_64+0x71/0x140 This is because the new iommufd_access_change_ioas() sets access->ioas to NULL during its process, so the lock might be gone in a concurrent racing context. Fix this by doing the same access->ioas sanity as iommufd_access_rw() and iommufd_access_pin_pages() functions do.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-26785 since 02/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are known technical details, 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 6.7.9 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch fc719ecbca45/cf7c2789822d 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). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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