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CVE-2024-56549
published 2024-12-27

CVE-2024-56549: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file At present, the object->file has…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.22%
12.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file At present, the object->file has the NULL pointer dereference problem in ondemand-mode. The root cause is that the allocated fd and object->file lifetime are inconsistent, and the user-space invocation to anon_fd uses object->file. Following is the process that triggers the issue: [write fd] [umount] cachefiles_ondemand_fd_write_iter fscache_cookie_state_machine cachefiles_withdraw_cookie if (!file) return -ENOBUFS cachefiles_clean_up_object cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use fput(object->file) object->file = NULL // file NULL pointer dereference! __cachefiles_write(..., file, ...) Fix this issue by add an additional reference count to the object->file before write/llseek, and decrement after it finished.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < d6bba3ece960129a553d4b16f1b00c884dc0993ad6bba3ece960129a553d4b16f1b00c884dc0993a
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < 785408bbafcfa24c9fc5b251f03fd0780ce182bd785408bbafcfa24c9fc5b251f03fd0780ce182bd
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < f98770440c9bc468e2fd878212ec9526dbe08293f98770440c9bc468e2fd878212ec9526dbe08293
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < 9582c7664103c9043e80a78f5c382aa6bdd674189582c7664103c9043e80a78f5c382aa6bdd67418
linuxlinux>= c8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 < 31ad74b20227ce6b40910ff78b1c604e42975cf131ad74b20227ce6b40910ff78b1c604e42975cf1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.129-16.1.129-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.3-16.12.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.3-16.12.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-58.606.8.0-58.60
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.0-18.186.11.0-18.18
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.19 < 6.11.116.11.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.12 < 6.12.26.12.2
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.78.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.92.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0

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_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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