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CVE-2024-56549

cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file

Severity Score

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Exploit Likelihood

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Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

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*SSVC
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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
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Scope
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  • Decision:-
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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
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.19 < 6.11.11
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.19 < 6.12.2
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.19 < 6.13-rc1
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Affected