Linux Kernel up to 6.11.1 /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/ memdup_user null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.1. This affects the function memdup_user in the library /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-47692. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.1. Affected is the function memdup_user in the library /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0 When we have a corrupted main.sqlite in /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/, it may result in namelen being 0, which will cause memdup_user() to return ZERO_SIZE_PTR. When we access the name.data that has been assigned the value of ZERO_SIZE_PTR in nfs4_client_to_reclaim(), null pointer dereference is triggered. [ T1205] ================================================================== [ T1205] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] Read of size 1 at addr 0000000000000010 by task nfsdcld/1205 [ T1205] [ T1205] CPU: 11 PID: 1205 Comm: nfsdcld Not tainted 5.10.0-00003-g2c1423731b8d #406 [ T1205] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014 [ T1205] Call Trace: [ T1205] dump_stack+0x9a/0xd0 [ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] __kasan_report.cold+0x34/0x84 [ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 [ T1205] nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] ? nfsd4_release_lockowner+0x410/0x410 [ T1205] cld_pipe_downcall+0x5ca/0x760 [ T1205] ? nfsd4_cld_tracking_exit+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ T1205] ? down_write_killable_nested+0x170/0x170 [ T1205] ? avc_policy_seqno+0x28/0x40 [ T1205] ? selinux_file_permission+0x1b4/0x1e0 [ T1205] rpc_pipe_write+0x84/0xb0 [ T1205] vfs_write+0x143/0x520 [ T1205] ksys_write+0xc9/0x170 [ T1205] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50 [ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xfe/0x110 [ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xa2/0x110 [ T1205] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 [ T1205] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1 [ T1205] RIP: 0033:0x7fdbdb761bc7 [ T1205] Code: 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 514 [ T1205] RSP: 002b:00007fff8c4b7248 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ T1205] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000042b RCX: 00007fdbdb761bc7 [ T1205] RDX: 000000000000042b RSI: 00007fff8c4b75f0 RDI: 0000000000000008 [ T1205] RBP: 00007fdbdb761bb0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 [ T1205] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000042b [ T1205] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: 00007fff8c4b75f0 R15: 0000000000000000 [ T1205] ================================================================== Fix it by checking namelen.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-47692 since 09/30/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210933 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.54, 6.10.13 or 6.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0f1d007bbea3/b7b7a8df41ef/84a563d136fa/318f70857caa/766d5fbd78f7/1ff8be8d008b/22451a16b7ab 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 (210933) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3251). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• NetApp StorageGRID
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• NetApp AFF
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• NetApp FAS
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.226
• 5.15.167
• 6.1.112
• 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
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7
• 6.10.8
• 6.10.9
• 6.10.10
• 6.10.11
• 6.10.12
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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