Linux Kernel up to 6.8.8 dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio _deferred_list denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.90/6.4/6.5/6.6.30/6.8.8. Impacted is the function dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio. The manipulation of the argument _deferred_list leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-36028. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.90/6.4/6.5/6.6.30/6.8.8. This issue affects the function dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio. The manipulation of the argument _deferred_list with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) when dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() When I did memory failure tests recently, below warning occurs: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) WARNING: CPU: 8 PID: 1011 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:232 __lock_acquire+0xccb/0x1ca0 Modules linked in: mce_inject hwpoison_inject CPU: 8 PID: 1011 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3-next-20240410-00012-gdb69f219f4be #3 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xccb/0x1ca0 RSP: 0018:ffffa7a1c7fe3bd0 EFLAGS: 00000082 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: eb851eb853975fcf RCX: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c8 RDX: 00000000ffffffd8 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c0 RBP: ffffa1c6865d3280 R08: ffffffffb0f570a8 R09: 0000000000009ffb R10: 0000000000000286 R11: ffffffffb0f2ad50 R12: ffffa1c6865d3d10 R13: ffffa1c6865d3c70 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000004 FS: 00007ff9f32aa740(0000) GS:ffffa1ce5fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ff9f3134ba0 CR3: 00000008484e4000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: lock_acquire+0xbe/0x2d0 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x60 hugepage_subpool_put_pages.part.0+0xe/0xc0 free_huge_folio+0x253/0x3f0 dissolve_free_huge_page+0x147/0x210 __page_handle_poison+0x9/0x70 memory_failure+0x4e6/0x8c0 hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0 vfs_write+0x380/0x540 ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0xbc/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7ff9f3114887 RSP: 002b:00007ffecbacb458 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 00007ff9f3114887 RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 0000564494164e10 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000564494164e10 R08: 00007ff9f31d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000c R13: 00007ff9f321b780 R14: 00007ff9f3217600 R15: 00007ff9f3216a00 Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ... CPU: 8 PID: 1011 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3-next-20240410-00012-gdb69f219f4be #3 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: panic+0x326/0x350 check_panic_on_warn+0x4f/0x50 __warn+0x98/0x190 report_bug+0x18e/0x1a0 handle_bug+0x3d/0x70 exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x70 asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xccb/0x1ca0 RSP: 0018:ffffa7a1c7fe3bd0 EFLAGS: 00000082 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: eb851eb853975fcf RCX: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c8 RDX: 00000000ffffffd8 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c0 RBP: ffffa1c6865d3280 R08: ffffffffb0f570a8 R09: 0000000000009ffb R10: 0000000000000286 R11: ffffffffb0f2ad50 R12: ffffa1c6865d3d10 R13: ffffa1c6865d3c70 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000004 lock_acquire+0xbe/0x2d0 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x60 hugepage_subpool_put_pages.part.0+0xe/0xc0 free_huge_folio+0x253/0x3f0 dissolve_free_huge_page+0x147/0x210 __page_handle_poison+0x9/0x70 memory_failure+0x4e6/0x8c0 hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0 vfs_write+0x380/0x540 ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0xbc/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7ff9f3114887 RSP: 002b:00007ffecbacb458 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 00007ff9f3114887 RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 0000564494164e10 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000564494164e10 R08: 00007ff9f31d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000c R13: 00007ff9f321b780 R14: 00007ff9f3217600 R15: 00007ff9f3216a00 After git bisecting and digging into the code, I believe the root cause is that _deferred_list field of folio is unioned with _hugetlb_subpool field. In __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(), folio->_deferred_ ---truncated---

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-36028 since 05/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210882 (Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12813)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.91, 6.5, 6.6.31 or 6.8.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2effe407f756/7e0a32287741/9c9b32d46afa/52ccdde16b65 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 (210882) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1259). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• NetApp AFF
• Dell NetWorker
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• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
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• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell Avamar
• IBM Storage Scale
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.0
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• 6.8.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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