Linux Kernel up to 6.8.1 crypto/crypto_engine.c crypto_finalize_request state issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function crypto_finalize_request of the file crypto/crypto_engine.c. Such manipulation leads to state issue. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-26877. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.1. Affected by this issue is the function crypto_finalize_request of the file crypto/crypto_engine.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: xilinx - call finalize with bh disabled When calling crypto_finalize_request, BH should be disabled to avoid triggering the following calltrace: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 74 at crypto/crypto_engine.c:58 crypto_finalize_request+0xa0/0x118 Modules linked in: cryptodev(O) CPU: 2 PID: 74 Comm: firmware:zynqmp Tainted: G O 6.8.0-rc1-yocto-standard #323 Hardware name: ZynqMP ZCU102 Rev1.0 (DT) pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : crypto_finalize_request+0xa0/0x118 lr : crypto_finalize_request+0x104/0x118 sp : ffffffc085353ce0 x29: ffffffc085353ce0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff8808ea8688 x26: ffffffc081715038 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffff880100db00 x23: ffffff880100da80 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffff8805b14000 x19: ffffff880100da80 x18: 0000000000010450 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffffff880100dad0 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffffffc0832dcd08 x9 : ffffffc0812416d8 x8 : 00000000000001f4 x7 : ffffffc0830d2830 x6 : 0000000000000001 x5 : ffffffc082091000 x4 : ffffffc082091658 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffffffc7f9653000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffffff8802d20000 Call trace: crypto_finalize_request+0xa0/0x118 crypto_finalize_aead_request+0x18/0x30 zynqmp_handle_aes_req+0xcc/0x388 crypto_pump_work+0x168/0x2d8 kthread_worker_fn+0xfc/0x3a0 kthread+0x118/0x138 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 irq event stamp: 40 hardirqs last enabled at (39): [<ffffffc0812416f8>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x70/0xb0 hardirqs last disabled at (40): [<ffffffc08122d208>] el1_dbg+0x28/0x90 softirqs last enabled at (36): [<ffffffc080017dec>] kernel_neon_begin+0x8c/0xf0 softirqs last disabled at (34): [<ffffffc080017dc0>] kernel_neon_begin+0x60/0xf0 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-26877 since 02/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or 6.9-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8a01335aedc5/03e6d4e94843/a71f66bd5f7b/23bc89fdce71/9db89b1fb855/dbf291d8ffff/a853450bf4c7 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.213
• 5.15.152
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
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• 6.6.0
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• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
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• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.7.9
• 6.7.10
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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