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CVE-2024-43869
published 2024-08-21

CVE-2024-43869: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release The perf pending task work is never waited…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release The perf pending task work is never waited upon the matching event release. In the case of a child event, released via free_event() directly, this can potentially result in a leaked event, such as in the following scenario that doesn't even require a weak IRQ work implementation to trigger: schedule() prepare_task_switch() =======> perf_event_overflow() event->pending_sigtrap = ... irq_work_queue(&event->pending_irq) perf_event_task_sched_out() event_sched_out() event->pending_sigtrap = 0; atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount) task_work_add(&event->pending_task) finish_lock_switch() =======> perf_pending_irq() //do nothing, rely on pending task work begin_new_exec() perf_event_exit_task() perf_event_exit_event() // If is child event free_event() WARN(atomic_long_cmpxchg(&event->refcount, 1, 0) != 1) // event is leaked Similar scenarios can also happen with perf_event_remove_on_exec() or simply against concurrent perf_event_release(). Fix this with synchonizing against the possibly remaining pending task work while freeing the event, just like is done with remaining pending IRQ work. This means that the pending task callback neither need nor should hold a reference to the event, preventing it from ever beeing freed.

Affected

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 5.15.84 < 5.15.1655.15.165
linuxlinux>= 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < ed2c202dac55423a52d7e2290f2888bf08b8ee99ed2c202dac55423a52d7e2290f2888bf08b8ee99
linuxlinux>= 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < 104e258a004037bc7dba9f6085c71dad6af57ad4104e258a004037bc7dba9f6085c71dad6af57ad4
linuxlinux>= 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < f34d8307a73a18de5320fcc6f40403146d061891f34d8307a73a18de5320fcc6f40403146d061891
linuxlinux>= 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < 3a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be2626828403a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be262682840
linuxlinux>= 6.0.14 < 6.16.1
linuxlinux>= 8bffa95ac19ff27c8261904f89d36c7fcf215d59 < 9ad46f1fef421d43cdab3a7d1744b2f43b54dae09ad46f1fef421d43cdab3a7d1744b2f43b54dae0
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.106-16.1.106-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-125.1355.15.0-125.135
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-50.516.8.0-50.51
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15.84 < 5.15.1655.15.165
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0.14 < 6.16.1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1.1 < 6.1.1036.1.103
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.446.6.44
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.10.36.10.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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