Linux Kernel up to 5.10.164/5.15.88/6.1.6 io_uring/io_uring.c __io_cqring_overflow_flush locking

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.164/5.15.88/6.1.6. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is the function __io_cqring_overflow_flush of the file io_uring/io_uring.c. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-52903. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.164/5.15.88/6.1.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __io_cqring_overflow_flush of the file io_uring/io_uring.c. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-667. The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: lock overflowing for IOPOLL syzbot reports an issue with overflow filling for IOPOLL: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 28 at io_uring/io_uring.c:734 io_cqring_event_overflow+0x1c0/0x230 io_uring/io_uring.c:734 CPU: 0 PID: 28 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc3-syzkaller-16369-g358a161a6a9e #0 Workqueue: events_unbound io_ring_exit_work Call trace:  io_cqring_event_overflow+0x1c0/0x230 io_uring/io_uring.c:734  io_req_cqe_overflow+0x5c/0x70 io_uring/io_uring.c:773  io_fill_cqe_req io_uring/io_uring.h:168 [inline]  io_do_iopoll+0x474/0x62c io_uring/rw.c:1065  io_iopoll_try_reap_events+0x6c/0x108 io_uring/io_uring.c:1513  io_uring_try_cancel_requests+0x13c/0x258 io_uring/io_uring.c:3056  io_ring_exit_work+0xec/0x390 io_uring/io_uring.c:2869  process_one_work+0x2d8/0x504 kernel/workqueue.c:2289  worker_thread+0x340/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2436  kthread+0x12c/0x158 kernel/kthread.c:376  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:863 There is no real problem for normal IOPOLL as flush is also called with uring_lock taken, but it's getting more complicated for IOPOLL|SQPOLL, for which __io_cqring_overflow_flush() happens from the CQ waiting path.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-52903 since 08/21/2024. 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 211811 (EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2024-2923)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.165, 5.15.89 or 6.1.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch de77faee2801/ed4629d1e968/7fc3990dad04/544d163d659d 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 (211811) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1888). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• IBM DB2
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain OS
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 5.10.164
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
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• 5.15.86
• 5.15.87
• 5.15.88
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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