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CVE-2022-48988
published 2024-10-21

CVE-2022-48988: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control()…

PriorityP335high7CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.24%
15.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control() memcg_write_event_control() accesses the dentry->d_name of the specified control fd to route the write call. As a cgroup interface file can't be renamed, it's safe to access d_name as long as the specified file is a regular cgroup file. Also, as these cgroup interface files can't be removed before the directory, it's safe to access the parent too. Prior to 347c4a874710 ("memcg: remove cgroup_event->cft"), there was a call to __file_cft() which verified that the specified file is a regular cgroupfs file before further accesses. The cftype pointer returned from __file_cft() was no longer necessary and the commit inadvertently dropped the file type check with it allowing any file to slip through. With the invarients broken, the d_name and parent accesses can now race against renames and removals of arbitrary files and cause use-after-free's. Fix the bug by resurrecting the file type check in __file_cft(). Now that cgroupfs is implemented through kernfs, checking the file operations needs to go through a layer of indirection. Instead, let's check the superblock and dentry type.

Affected

20 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < b77600e26fd48727a95ffd50ba1e937efb548125b77600e26fd48727a95ffd50ba1e937efb548125
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < e1ae97624ecf400ea56c238bff23e5cd139df0b8e1ae97624ecf400ea56c238bff23e5cd139df0b8
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < 35963b31821920908e397146502066f6b032c91735963b31821920908e397146502066f6b032c917
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < f1f7f36cf682fa59db15e2089039a2eeb58ff2adf1f7f36cf682fa59db15e2089039a2eeb58ff2ad
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < aad8bbd17a1d586005feb9226c2e9cfce1432e13aad8bbd17a1d586005feb9226c2e9cfce1432e13
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < 0ed074317b835caa6c03bcfa8f133365324673dc0ed074317b835caa6c03bcfa8f133365324673dc
linuxlinux>= 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 < 4a7ba45b1a435e7097ca0f79a847d0949d0eb0884a7ba45b1a435e7097ca0f79a847d0949d0eb088
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.162-15.10.162-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.14 < 4.14.3024.14.302
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15 < 4.19.2694.19.269
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2275.4.227
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.835.15.83
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.0.136.0.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.1595.10.159

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.0HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.0HIGH
vendor_debian7.0HIGH
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
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