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CVE-2024-57885
published 2025-01-15

CVE-2024-57885: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/kmemleak: fix sleeping function called from invalid context at print message Address a…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.20%
10.1th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/kmemleak: fix sleeping function called from invalid context at print message Address a bug in the kernel that triggers a "sleeping function called from invalid context" warning when /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak is printed under specific conditions: - CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y - Set SELinux as the LSM for the system - Set kptr_restrict to 1 - kmemleak buffer contains at least one item BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 136, name: cat preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 2, expected: 2 6 locks held by cat/136: #0: ffff32e64bcbf950 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0xb8/0xe30 #1: ffffafe6aaa9dea0 (scan_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kmemleak_seq_start+0x34/0x128 #3: ffff32e6546b1cd0 (&object->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: kmemleak_seq_show+0x3c/0x1e0 #4: ffffafe6aa8d8560 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: has_ns_capability_noaudit+0x8/0x1b0 #5: ffffafe6aabbc0f8 (notif_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: avc_compute_av+0xc4/0x3d0 irq event stamp: 136660 hardirqs last enabled at (136659): [] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xa8/0xd8 hardirqs last disabled at (136660): [] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x8c/0xb0 softirqs last enabled at (0): [] copy_process+0x11d8/0x3df8 softirqs last disabled at (0): [] 0x0 Preemption disabled at: [] kmemleak_seq_show+0x3c/0x1e0 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 136 Comm: cat Tainted: G E 6.11.0-rt7+ #34 Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128 show_stack+0x1c/0x30 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x198 dump_stack+0x18/0x20 rt_spin_lock+0x8c/0x1a8 avc_perm_nonode+0xa0/0x150 cred_has_capability.isra.0+0x118/0x218 selinux_capable+0x50/0x80 security_capable+0x7c/0xd0 has_ns_capability_noaudit+0x94/0x1b0 has_capability_noaudit+0x20/0x30 restricted_pointer+0x21c/0x4b0 pointer+0x298/0x760 vsnprintf+0x330/0xf70 seq_printf+0x178/0x218 print_unreferenced+0x1a4/0x2d0

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.9-1 (forky)linux 6.12.9-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3a6f33d86baa8103c80f62edd9393e9f7bf25d72 < 86d946f3f9992aaa12abcfd09f925446c2cd42a286d946f3f9992aaa12abcfd09f925446c2cd42a2
linuxlinux>= 3a6f33d86baa8103c80f62edd9393e9f7bf25d72 < 64b2d32f22597b2a1dc83ac600b2426588851a9764b2d32f22597b2a1dc83ac600b2426588851a97
linuxlinux>= 3a6f33d86baa8103c80f62edd9393e9f7bf25d72 < cddc76b165161a02ff14c4d84d0f5266d9d32b9ecddc76b165161a02ff14c4d84d0f5266d9d32b9e
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.9-16.12.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.9-16.12.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-60.636.8.0-60.63
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.706.6.70
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.96.12.9

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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