CVE-2024-43869
perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release
The perf pending task work is never waited upon the matching event
release. In the case of a child event, released via free_event()
directly, this can potentially result in a leaked event, such as in the
following scenario that doesn't even require a weak IRQ work
implementation to trigger:
schedule()
prepare_task_switch()
=======> <NMI>
perf_event_overflow()
event->pending_sigtrap = ...
irq_work_queue(&event->pending_irq)
<======= </NMI>
perf_event_task_sched_out()
event_sched_out()
event->pending_sigtrap = 0;
atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount)
task_work_add(&event->pending_task)
finish_lock_switch()
=======> <IRQ>
perf_pending_irq()
//do nothing, rely on pending task work
<======= </IRQ>
begin_new_exec()
perf_event_exit_task()
perf_event_exit_event()
// If is child event
free_event()
WARN(atomic_long_cmpxchg(&event->refcount, 1, 0) != 1)
// event is leaked
Similar scenarios can also happen with perf_event_remove_on_exec() or
simply against concurrent perf_event_release().
Fix this with synchonizing against the possibly remaining pending task
work while freeing the event, just like is done with remaining pending
IRQ work. This means that the pending task callback neither need nor
should hold a reference to the event, preventing it from ever beeing
freed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-08-17 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-21 CVE Published
- 2024-08-21 EPSS Updated
- 2024-11-05 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-402: Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
CAPEC
References (10)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bffa95ac19ff27c8261904f89d36c7fcf215d59 | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78e1317a174edbfd1182599bf76c092a2877672c | Vuln. Introduced |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43869 | 2024-11-12 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2306363 | 2024-11-12 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.15.84 < 5.15.165 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.15.84 < 5.15.165" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.1 < 6.1.103 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.1 < 6.1.103" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.1 < 6.6.44 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.1 < 6.6.44" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.1 < 6.10.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.1 < 6.10.3" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.1 < 6.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.1 < 6.11" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 6.0.14 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "6.0.14" | en |
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