Linux Kernel up to 6.6.34/6.9.5 io_rsrc_ref_quiesce buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.34/6.9.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function io_rsrc_ref_quiesce. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-40922. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.34/6.9.5. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function io_rsrc_ref_quiesce. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: don't lock while !TASK_RUNNING There is a report of io_rsrc_ref_quiesce() locking a mutex while not TASK_RUNNING, which is due to forgetting restoring the state back after io_run_task_work_sig() and attempts to break out of the waiting loop. do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at [] prepare_to_wait+0xa4/0x380 kernel/sched/wait.c:237 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 397056 at kernel/sched/core.c:10099 __might_sleep+0x114/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:10099 RIP: 0010:__might_sleep+0x114/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:10099 Call Trace: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline] __mutex_lock+0xb4/0x940 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752 io_rsrc_ref_quiesce+0x590/0x940 io_uring/rsrc.c:253 io_sqe_buffers_unregister+0xa2/0x340 io_uring/rsrc.c:799 __io_uring_register io_uring/register.c:424 [inline] __do_sys_io_uring_register+0x5b9/0x2400 io_uring/register.c:613 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x270 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-40922 since 07/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/03/2025).

Upgrading to version 6.6.35 or 6.9.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0c9df3df0c88/4429c6c77e17/54559642b961 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

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3
• 6.9.4
• 6.9.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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