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CVE-2024-46845
published 2024-09-27

CVE-2024-46845: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/timerlat: Only clear timer if a kthread exists The timerlat tracer can use user…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.24%
14.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/timerlat: Only clear timer if a kthread exists The timerlat tracer can use user space threads to check for osnoise and timer latency. If the program using this is killed via a SIGTERM, the threads are shutdown one at a time and another tracing instance can start up resetting the threads before they are fully closed. That causes the hrtimer assigned to the kthread to be shutdown and freed twice when the dying thread finally closes the file descriptors, causing a use-after-free bug. Only cancel the hrtimer if the associated thread is still around. Also add the interface_lock around the resetting of the tlat_var->kthread. Note, this is just a quick fix that can be backported to stable. A real fix is to have a better synchronization between the shutdown of old threads and the starting of new ones.

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.10.11-1 (forky)linux 6.10.11-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= e88ed227f639ebcb31ed4e5b88756b47d904584b < 8c72f0b2c45f21cb8b00fc37f79f632d7e46c2ed8c72f0b2c45f21cb8b00fc37f79f632d7e46c2ed
linuxlinux>= e88ed227f639ebcb31ed4e5b88756b47d904584b < 8a9d0d405159e9c796ddf771f7cff691c1a2bc1e8a9d0d405159e9c796ddf771f7cff691c1a2bc1e
linuxlinux>= e88ed227f639ebcb31ed4e5b88756b47d904584b < e6a53481da292d970d1edf0d8831121d1c5e2f0de6a53481da292d970d1edf0d8831121d1c5e2f0d
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.11-16.10.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.11-16.10.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-50.516.8.0-50.51
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.5 < 6.6.516.6.51
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.10.106.10.10
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.47.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.51.1-5_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazure_linux_3.0_arm
msrcazure_linux_3.0_x64

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_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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