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CVE-2024-36963
published 2024-06-03

CVE-2024-36963: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options There's an inconsistency…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.19%
8.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options There's an inconsistency with the way permissions are handled in tracefs. Because the permissions are generated when accessed, they default to the root inode's permission if they were never set by the user. If the user sets the permissions, then a flag is set and the permissions are saved via the inode (for tracefs files) or an internal attribute field (for eventfs). But if a remount happens that specify the permissions, all the files that were not changed by the user gets updated, but the ones that were are not. If the user were to remount the file system with a given permission, then all files and directories within that file system should be updated. This can cause security issues if a file's permission was updated but the admin forgot about it. They could incorrectly think that remounting with permissions set would update all files, but miss some. For example: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # chgrp 1002 current_tracer # ls -l [..] -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 May 1 21:25 buffer_size_kb -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 May 1 21:25 buffer_subbuf_size_kb -r--r----- 1 root root 0 May 1 21:25 buffer_total_size_kb -rw-r----- 1 root lkp 0 May 1 21:25 current_tracer -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 May 1 21:25 dynamic_events -r--r----- 1 root root 0 May 1 21:25 dyn_ftrace_total_info -r--r----- 1 root root 0 May 1 21:25 enabled_functions Where current_tracer now has group "lkp". # mount -o remount,gid=1001 . # ls -l -rw-r----- 1 root tracing 0 May 1 21:25 buffer_size_kb -rw-r----- 1 root tracing 0 May 1 21:25 buffer_subbuf_size_kb -r--r----- 1 root tracing 0 May 1 21:25 buffer_total_size_kb -rw-r----- 1 root lkp 0 May 1 21:25 current_tracer -rw-r----- 1 root tracing 0 May 1 21:25 dynamic_events -r--r----- 1 root tracing 0 May 1 21:25 dyn_ftrace_total_info -r--r----- 1 root tracing 0 May 1 21:25 enabled_functions Everything changed but the "current_tracer".

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.8.11-1 (forky)linux 6.8.11-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6.6.18 < 6.6.316.6.31
linuxlinux>= 6.7.4 < 6.86.8
linuxlinux>= 628adb842bd5e1c2c598534a7a022b8235289de6 < 5f91fc82794d4a6e41cdcd02d00baa377d94ca785f91fc82794d4a6e41cdcd02d00baa377d94ca78
linuxlinux>= 8186fff7ab649085e2c60d032d9a20a85af1d87c < 414fb08628143203d29ccd0264b5a83fb9523c03414fb08628143203d29ccd0264b5a83fb9523c03
linuxlinux>= 8186fff7ab649085e2c60d032d9a20a85af1d87c < baa23a8d4360d981a49913841a726edede5cdd54baa23a8d4360d981a49913841a726edede5cdd54
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.11-16.8.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.11-16.8.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-40.406.8.0-40.40
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.18 < 6.6.316.6.31
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.4 < 6.8.106.8.10

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
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