CVE-2024-56549
cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file
At present, the object->file has the NULL pointer dereference problem in
ondemand-mode. The root cause is that the allocated fd and object->file
lifetime are inconsistent, and the user-space invocation to anon_fd uses
object->file. Following is the process that triggers the issue:
[write fd] [umount]
cachefiles_ondemand_fd_write_iter
fscache_cookie_state_machine
cachefiles_withdraw_cookie
if (!file) return -ENOBUFS
cachefiles_clean_up_object
cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use
fput(object->file)
object->file = NULL
// file NULL pointer dereference!
__cachefiles_write(..., file, ...)
Fix this issue by add an additional reference count to the object->file
before write/llseek, and decrement after it finished.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2024-12-27 CVE Reserved
- 2024-12-27 CVE Published
- 2024-12-27 CVE Updated
- 2024-12-28 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (4)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.19 < 6.11.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.11.11" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.19 < 6.12.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.12.2" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.19 < 6.13-rc1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.13-rc1" | en |
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