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CVE-2023-52779
published 2024-05-21

CVE-2023-52779: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Pass AT_GETATTR_NOSEC flag to getattr interface function When vfs_getattr_nosec() calls…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Pass AT_GETATTR_NOSEC flag to getattr interface function When vfs_getattr_nosec() calls a filesystem's getattr interface function then the 'nosec' should propagate into this function so that vfs_getattr_nosec() can again be called from the filesystem's gettattr rather than vfs_getattr(). The latter would add unnecessary security checks that the initial vfs_getattr_nosec() call wanted to avoid. Therefore, introduce the getattr flag GETATTR_NOSEC and allow to pass with the new getattr_flags parameter to the getattr interface function. In overlayfs and ecryptfs use this flag to determine which one of the two functions to call. In a recent code change introduced to IMA vfs_getattr_nosec() ended up calling vfs_getattr() in overlayfs, which in turn called security_inode_getattr() on an exiting process that did not have current->fs set anymore, which then caused a kernel NULL pointer dereference. With this change the call to security_inode_getattr() can be avoided, thus avoiding the NULL pointer dereference.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.6.8-1 (forky)linux 6.6.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= db1d1e8b9867aae5c3e61ad7859abfcc4a6fd6c7 < 3fb0fa08641903304b9d81d52a379ff031dc41d43fb0fa08641903304b9d81d52a379ff031dc41d4
linuxlinux>= db1d1e8b9867aae5c3e61ad7859abfcc4a6fd6c7 < 8a924db2d7b5eb69ba08b1a0af46e9f1359a9bdf8a924db2d7b5eb69ba08b1a0af46e9f1359a9bdf
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.8-16.6.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.8-16.6.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.5 < 6.6.46.6.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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