CVE-2022-48988
memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control()
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Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control()
memcg_write_event_control() accesses the dentry->d_name of the specified
control fd to route the write call. As a cgroup interface file can't be
renamed, it's safe to access d_name as long as the specified file is a
regular cgroup file. Also, as these cgroup interface files can't be
removed before the directory, it's safe to access the parent too.
Prior to 347c4a874710 ("memcg: remove cgroup_event->cft"), there was a
call to __file_cft() which verified that the specified file is a regular
cgroupfs file before further accesses. The cftype pointer returned from
__file_cft() was no longer necessary and the commit inadvertently dropped
the file type check with it allowing any file to slip through. With the
invarients broken, the d_name and parent accesses can now race against
renames and removals of arbitrary files and cause use-after-free's.
Fix the bug by resurrecting the file type check in __file_cft(). Now that
cgroupfs is implemented through kernfs, checking the file operations needs
to go through a layer of indirection. Instead, let's check the superblock
and dentry type.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-08-22 CVE Reserved
- 2024-10-21 CVE Published
- 2024-11-02 EPSS Updated
- 2024-11-04 CVE Updated
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References (8)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 4.14.302 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 4.14.302" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 4.19.269 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 4.19.269" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 5.4.227 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 5.4.227" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 5.10.159 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 5.10.159" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 5.15.83 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 5.15.83" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 6.0.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 6.0.13" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.14 < 6.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.14 < 6.1" | en |
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