CVE-2024-45025

fix bitmap corruption on close_range() with CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2024 at 03:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fix bitmap corruption on close_range() with CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE copy_fd_bitmaps(new, old, count) is expected to copy the first count/BITS_PER_LONG bits from old->full_fds_bits[] and fill the rest with zeroes. What it does is copying enough words (BITS_TO_LONGS(count/BITS_PER_LONG)), then memsets the rest. That works fine, *if* all bits past the cutoff point are clear. Otherwise we are risking garbage from the last word we'd copied. For most of the callers that is true - expand_fdtable() has count equal to old->max_fds, so there's no open descriptors past count, let alone fully occupied words in ->open_fds[], which is what bits in ->full_fds_bits[] correspond to. The other caller (dup_fd()) passes sane_fdtable_size(old_fdt, max_fds), which is the smallest multiple of BITS_PER_LONG that covers all opened descriptors below max_fds. In the common case (copying on fork()) max_fds is ~0U, so all opened descriptors will be below it and we are fine, by the same reasons why the call in expand_fdtable() is safe. Unfortunately, there is a case where max_fds is less than that and where we might, indeed, end up with junk in ->full_fds_bits[] - close_range(from, to, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE) with * descriptor table being currently shared * 'to' being above the current capacity of descriptor table * 'from' being just under some chunk of opened descriptors. In that case we end up with observably wrong behaviour - e.g. spawn a child with CLONE_FILES, get all descriptors in range 0..127 open, then close_range(64, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE) and watch dup(0) ending up with descriptor #128, despite #64 being observably not open. The minimally invasive fix would be to deal with that in dup_fd(). If this proves to add measurable overhead, we can go that way, but let's try to fix copy_fd_bitmaps() first. * new helper: bitmap_copy_and_expand(to, from, bits_to_copy, size). * make copy_fd_bitmaps() take the bitmap size in words, rather than bits; it's 'count' argument is always a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG, so we are not losing any information, and that way we can use the same helper for all three bitmaps - compiler will see that count is a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG for the large ones, so it'll generate plain memcpy()+memset(). Reproducer added to tools/testing/selftests/core/close_range_test.c

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.19.3214.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2835.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1665.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1075.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2255.9 ≤ v < 5.10.2255.9 ≤ v < 5.15.1665.9 ≤ v < 6.1.1075.9 ≤ v < 6.10.75.9 ≤ v < 6.115.9 ≤ v < 6.6.486.2 ≤ v < 6.6.486.7 ≤ v < 6.10.7278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de6.11 rc16.11 rc26.11 rc3
Vendor states this is fixed in 5053581fe5dfb09b58c65dd8462bf5dea71f41ff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8cad3b2b3ab81ca55f37405ffd1315bcc2948058 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9a2fa1472083580b6c66bdaf291f591e1170123a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c69d18f0ac7060de724511537810f10f29a27958 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd72ae8b0fce9c0bbe9582b9b50820f0407f8d8a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fe5bf14881701119aeeda7cf685f3c226c7380df (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.19.321, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.225 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.166 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.4.283, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.107 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.48 (unaffected)

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5053581fe5dfb09b58c65dd8462bf5dea71f41ff
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cad3b2b3ab81ca55f37405ffd1315bcc2948058
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a2fa1472083580b6c66bdaf291f591e1170123a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c69d18f0ac7060de724511537810f10f29a27958
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd72ae8b0fce9c0bbe9582b9b50820f0407f8d8a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe5bf14881701119aeeda7cf685f3c226c7380df
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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