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CVE-2024-40935
published 2024-07-12

CVE-2024-40935: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD In ondemand mode, when the…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.26%
17.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD In ondemand mode, when the daemon is processing an open request, if the kernel flags the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, the cachefiles_daemon_write() will always return -EIO, so the daemon can't pass the copen to the kernel. Then the kernel process that is waiting for the copen triggers a hung_task. Since the DEAD state is irreversible, it can only be exited by closing /dev/cachefiles. Therefore, after calling cachefiles_io_error() to mark the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, if in ondemand mode, flush all requests to avoid the above hungtask. We may still be able to read some of the cached data before closing the fd of /dev/cachefiles. Note that this relies on the patch that adds reference counting to the req, otherwise it may UAF.

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < 320ba9cbca78be79c912143bbba1d1b35ca55cf0320ba9cbca78be79c912143bbba1d1b35ca55cf0
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < 3bf0b8030296e9ee60d3d4c15849ad9ac0b470813bf0b8030296e9ee60d3d4c15849ad9ac0b47081
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < e73fac95084839c5178d97e81c6a2051251bdc00e73fac95084839c5178d97e81c6a2051251bdc00
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < 85e833cd7243bda7285492b0653c3abb1e2e757b85e833cd7243bda7285492b0653c3abb1e2e757b
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.99-16.1.99-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-44.446.8.0-44.44
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.19 < 6.1.956.1.95
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.356.6.35
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.9.66.9.6

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_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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