Linux Kernel up to 5.4.149/5.10.69/5.14.8 blk-cgroup bfq_io_set_weight_legacy use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.149/5.10.69/5.14.8. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfq_io_set_weight_legacy of the component blk-cgroup. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-47379. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.149/5.10.69/5.14.8 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfq_io_set_weight_legacy of the component blk-cgroup. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix UAF by grabbing blkcg lock before destroying blkg pd KASAN reports a use-after-free report when doing fuzz test: [693354.104835] ================================================================== [693354.105094] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105336] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888be0a35664 by task sh/1453338 [693354.105607] CPU: 41 PID: 1453338 Comm: sh Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-147 [693354.105610] Hardware name: Huawei 2288H V5/BC11SPSCB0, BIOS 0.81 07/02/2018 [693354.105612] Call Trace: [693354.105621] dump_stack+0xf1/0x19b [693354.105626] ? show_regs_print_info+0x5/0x5 [693354.105634] ? printk+0x9c/0xc3 [693354.105638] ? cpumask_weight+0x1f/0x1f [693354.105648] print_address_description+0x70/0x360 [693354.105654] kasan_report+0x1b2/0x330 [693354.105659] ? bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105665] ? bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105670] bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105675] ? bfq_cpd_init+0x20/0x20 [693354.105683] cgroup_file_write+0x3aa/0x510 [693354.105693] ? ___slab_alloc+0x507/0x540 [693354.105698] ? cgroup_file_poll+0x60/0x60 [693354.105702] ? 0xffffffff89600000 [693354.105708] ? usercopy_abort+0x90/0x90 [693354.105716] ? mutex_lock+0xef/0x180 [693354.105726] kernfs_fop_write+0x1ab/0x280 [693354.105732] ? cgroup_file_poll+0x60/0x60 [693354.105738] vfs_write+0xe7/0x230 [693354.105744] ksys_write+0xb0/0x140 [693354.105749] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50 [693354.105760] do_syscall_64+0x112/0x370 [693354.105766] ? syscall_return_slowpath+0x260/0x260 [693354.105772] ? do_page_fault+0x9b/0x270 [693354.105779] ? prepare_exit_to_usermode+0xf9/0x1a0 [693354.105784] ? enter_from_user_mode+0x30/0x30 [693354.105793] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [693354.105875] Allocated by task 1453337: [693354.106001] kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xd0 [693354.106006] kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace+0x108/0x220 [693354.106010] bfq_pd_alloc+0x96/0x120 [693354.106015] blkcg_activate_policy+0x1b7/0x2b0 [693354.106020] bfq_create_group_hierarchy+0x1e/0x80 [693354.106026] bfq_init_queue+0x678/0x8c0 [693354.106031] blk_mq_init_sched+0x1f8/0x460 [693354.106037] elevator_switch_mq+0xe1/0x240 [693354.106041] elevator_switch+0x25/0x40 [693354.106045] elv_iosched_store+0x1a1/0x230 [693354.106049] queue_attr_store+0x78/0xb0 [693354.106053] kernfs_fop_write+0x1ab/0x280 [693354.106056] vfs_write+0xe7/0x230 [693354.106060] ksys_write+0xb0/0x140 [693354.106064] do_syscall_64+0x112/0x370 [693354.106069] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [693354.106114] Freed by task 1453336: [693354.106225] __kasan_slab_free+0x130/0x180 [693354.106229] kfree+0x90/0x1b0 [693354.106233] blkcg_deactivate_policy+0x12c/0x220 [693354.106238] bfq_exit_queue+0xf5/0x110 [693354.106241] blk_mq_exit_sched+0x104/0x130 [693354.106245] __elevator_exit+0x45/0x60 [693354.106249] elevator_switch_mq+0xd6/0x240 [693354.106253] elevator_switch+0x25/0x40 [693354.106257] elv_iosched_store+0x1a1/0x230 [693354.106261] queue_attr_store+0x78/0xb0 [693354.106264] kernfs_fop_write+0x1ab/0x280 [693354.106268] vfs_write+0xe7/0x230 [693354.106271] ksys_write+0xb0/0x140 [693354.106275] do_syscall_64+0x112/0x370 [693354.106280] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [693354.106329] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888be0a35580 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 [693354.106736] The buggy address is located 228 bytes inside of 1024-byte region [ffff888be0a35580, ffff888be0a35980) [693354.107114] The buggy address belongs to the page: [693354.107273] page:ffffea002f828c00 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff888107c17080 index:0x0 compound_mapcount: 0 [693354.107606] flags: 0x17ffffc0008100(slab|head) [693354.107760] raw: 0017ffffc0008100 ffffea002fcbc808 ffffea0030bd3a08 ffff888107c17080 [693354.108020] r ---truncated---

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47379. 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 235794 (Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-099)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.150, 5.10.70 or 5.14.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d12ddd843f18/f58d305887ad/7c2c69e01043/858560b27645 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 (235794). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.149
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
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• 5.10.69
• 5.14.0
• 5.14.1
• 5.14.2
• 5.14.3
• 5.14.4
• 5.14.5
• 5.14.6
• 5.14.7
• 5.14.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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