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page_add_file_rmap+0x15/0x170\n ? alloc_set_pte+0x269/0x4c0\n ? prep_new_page+0x81/0x140\n ? simple_xattr_get+0x75/0xa0\n ? selinux_file_open+0x9d/0xf0\n ima_file_check+0x64/0x90\n path_openat+0x571/0x1720\n do_filp_open+0x9b/0x110\n ? page_counter_try_charge+0x57/0xc0\n ? files_cgroup_alloc_fd+0x38/0x60\n ? __alloc_fd+0xd4/0x250\n ? do_sys_open+0x1bd/0x250\n do_sys_open+0x1bd/0x250\n do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x1d0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca\n\nCommit c7423dbdbc9e (\"ima: Handle -ESTALE returned by\nima_filter_rule_match()\") introduced call to ima_lsm_copy_rule within a\nRCU read-side critical section which contains kmalloc with GFP_KERNEL.\nThis implies a possible sleep and violates limitations of RCU read-side\ncritical sections on non-PREEMPT systems.\n\nSleeping within RCU read-side critical section might cause\nsynchronize_rcu() returning early and break RCU protection, allowing a\nUAF to happen.\n\nThe root cause of this issue could be described as follows:\n|\tThread A\t|\tThread B\t|\n|\t\t\t|ima_match_policy\t|\n|\t\t\t| rcu_read_lock\t|\n|ima_lsm_update_rule\t|\t\t\t|\n| synchronize_rcu\t|\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t| kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL)|\n|\t\t\t| sleep\t\t|\n==> synchronize_rcu returns early\n| kfree(entry)\t\t|\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t| entry = entry->next|\n==> UAF happens and entry now becomes NULL (or could be anything).\n|\t\t\t| entry->action\t|\n==> Accessing entry might cause panic.\n\nTo fix this issue, we are converting all kmalloc that is called within\nRCU read-side critical section to use GFP_ATOMIC.\n\n[PM: fixed missing comment, long lines, !CONFIG_IMA_LSM_RULES case]", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "c4b035b1f036ddd53fbfced49046e586c5ad8a3e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "a6176a802c4bfb83bf7524591aa75f44a639a853" }, { "version": "2d4bc60693c4206c64723e94ae5f7a04c0b8f18f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "a38e02265c681b51997a264aaf743095e2ee400a" }, { "version": "8008f1691c15f353f5a53dc5d450b8262cb57421", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "9c3906c3738562b1fedc6f1cfc81756a7cfefff0" }, { "version": "c7423dbdbc9ecef7fff5239d144cad4b9887f4de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "28d0ecc52f6c927d0e9ba70a4f2c1ea15453ee88" }, { "version": "c7423dbdbc9ecef7fff5239d144cad4b9887f4de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "58275455893066149e9f4df2223ab2fdbdc59f9c" }, { "version": "c7423dbdbc9ecef7fff5239d144cad4b9887f4de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "9a95c5bfbf02a0a7f5983280fe284a0ff0836c34" }, { "version": "38d48fd224036717fcb3437e7af1314f6ebcd2d0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "69c60b2a2dbb4887739d3a13297cc0dae3793f35", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5.10.163", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.10.222" }, { "version": "5.15.86", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.15.163" }, { "version": "6.1.2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "6.1.98" }, { "version": "5.4.229", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.5" }, { "version": "6.0.16", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "6.1" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "6.2", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "6.2" }, { "version": "5.10.222", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.163", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.98", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.6.39", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.9.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*" }, { "version": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }