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CVE-2023-52638

can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

The following 3 locks would race against each other, causing the
deadlock situation in the Syzbot bug report:

- j1939_socks_lock
- active_session_list_lock
- sk_session_queue_lock

A reasonable fix is to change j1939_socks_lock to an rwlock, since in
the rare situations where a write lock is required for the linked list
that j1939_socks_lock is protecting, the code does not attempt to
acquire any more locks. This would break the circular lock dependency,
where, for example, the current thread already locks j1939_socks_lock
and attempts to acquire sk_session_queue_lock, and at the same time,
another thread attempts to acquire j1939_socks_lock while holding
sk_session_queue_lock.

NOTE: This patch along does not fix the unregister_netdevice bug
reported by Syzbot; instead, it solves a deadlock situation to prepare
for one or more further patches to actually fix the Syzbot bug, which
appears to be a reference counting problem within the j1939 codebase.

[mkl: remove unrelated newline change]

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: can: j1939: previene el interbloqueo cambiando j1939_socks_lock a rwlock Los siguientes 3 bloqueos competirían entre sí, causando la situación de interbloqueo en el informe de error de Syzbot: - j1939_socks_lock - active_session_list_lock - sk_session_queue_lock A Una solución razonable es cambiar j1939_socks_lock por un rwlock, ya que en las raras situaciones en las que se requiere un bloqueo de escritura para la lista vinculada que j1939_socks_lock está protegiendo, el código no intenta adquirir más bloqueos. Esto rompería la dependencia del bloqueo circular, donde, por ejemplo, el subproceso actual ya bloquea j1939_socks_lock e intenta adquirir sk_session_queue_lock y, al mismo tiempo, otro subproceso intenta adquirir j1939_socks_lock mientras mantiene sk_session_queue_lock. NOTA: Este parche no soluciona el error unregister_netdevice informado por Syzbot; en cambio, resuelve una situación de punto muerto para prepararse para uno o más parches adicionales para corregir el error Syzbot, que parece ser un problema de conteo de referencias dentro del código base j1939. [mkl: eliminar cambio de nueva línea no relacionado]

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol, within the J1939 protocol implementation. This issue occurs due to a potential deadlock caused by a race condition involving three locks: j1939_socks_lock, active_session_list_lock, and sk_session_queue_lock. This issue was identified in a Syzbot bug report.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-03-06 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-04-03 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-04 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-833: Deadlock
CAPEC
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