CVE-2024-39494
ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name ->d_name.name can change on rename and the earlier value can be freed; there are conditions sufficient to stabilize it (->d_lock on dentry, ->d_lock on its parent, ->i_rwsem exclusive on the parent's inode, rename_lock), but none of those are met at any of the sites. Take a stable snapshot of the name instead.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b31e28fbd773aefb6164687e0767319b8199829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/480afcbeb7aaaa22677d3dd48ec590b441eaac1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb374981e31c193b1152ed8d3b0a95b671330d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a78a6f0da57d058e2009e9958fdcef66f165208c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be84f32bb2c981ca670922e047cdde1488b233de
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