Linux Kernel up to 5.16.4 include/linux/slab.h kvm_set_cpuid memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.16.4 and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function kvm_set_cpuid in the library include/linux/slab.h. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-48764. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.16.4. Affected by this issue is the function kvm_set_cpuid in the library include/linux/slab.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Free kvm_cpuid_entry2 array on post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} Free the "struct kvm_cpuid_entry2" array on successful post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} to fix a memory leak, the callers of kvm_set_cpuid() free the array only on failure. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810963a800 (size 2048): comm "syz-executor025", pid 3610, jiffies 4294944928 (age 8.080s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 ................ 47 65 6e 75 6e 74 65 6c 69 6e 65 49 00 00 00 00 GenuntelineI.... backtrace: [] kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline] [] kvmalloc_node+0x3e/0x100 mm/util.c:580 [] kvmalloc include/linux/slab.h:732 [inline] [] vmemdup_user+0x22/0x100 mm/util.c:199 [] kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid2+0x8f/0xf0 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:423 [] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xb99/0x1e60 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:5251 [] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4ad/0x950 arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4066 [] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] [] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] [] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] [] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:860 [] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-48764. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.16.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b9ee734a14bb/811f95ff9527 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

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• Kernel

Version

• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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