CVE-2024-53182

Revert "block, bfq: merge bfq_release_process_ref() into bfq_put_cooperator()"

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 27, 2024 at 01:49 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "block, bfq: merge bfq_release_process_ref() into bfq_put_cooperator()" This reverts commit bc3b1e9e7c50e1de0f573eea3871db61dd4787de. The bic is associated with sync_bfqq, and bfq_release_process_ref cannot be put into bfq_put_cooperator. kasan report: [ 400.347277] ================================================================== [ 400.347287] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bic_set_bfqq+0x200/0x230 [ 400.347420] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88881cab7d60 by task dockerd/5800 [ 400.347430] [ 400.347436] CPU: 24 UID: 0 PID: 5800 Comm: dockerd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.12.0 #32 [ 400.347450] Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE [ 400.347454] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware20,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW201.00V.20192059.B64.2207280713 07/28/2022 [ 400.347460] Call Trace: [ 400.347464] <TASK> [ 400.347468] dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80 [ 400.347490] print_report+0x174/0x505 [ 400.347521] kasan_report+0xe0/0x160 [ 400.347541] bic_set_bfqq+0x200/0x230 [ 400.347549] bfq_bic_update_cgroup+0x419/0x740 [ 400.347560] bfq_bio_merge+0x133/0x320 [ 400.347584] blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1761/0x1e20 [ 400.347625] __submit_bio+0x28b/0x7b0 [ 400.347664] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x6b2/0xd30 [ 400.347690] iomap_readahead+0x50c/0x680 [ 400.347731] read_pages+0x17f/0x9c0 [ 400.347785] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x366/0x4a0 [ 400.347795] filemap_fault+0x83d/0x2340 [ 400.347819] __xfs_filemap_fault+0x11a/0x7d0 [xfs] [ 400.349256] __do_fault+0xf1/0x610 [ 400.349270] do_fault+0x977/0x11a0 [ 400.349281] __handle_mm_fault+0x5d1/0x850 [ 400.349314] handle_mm_fault+0x1f8/0x560 [ 400.349324] do_user_addr_fault+0x324/0x970 [ 400.349337] exc_page_fault+0x76/0xf0 [ 400.349350] asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 [ 400.349360] RIP: 0033:0x55a480d77375 [ 400.349384] Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 49 3b 66 10 0f 86 ae 02 00 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 58 48 8b 10 <83> 7a 10 00 0f 84 27 02 00 00 44 0f b6 42 28 44 0f b6 4a 29 41 80 [ 400.349392] RSP: 002b:00007f18c37fd8b8 EFLAGS: 00010216 [ 400.349401] RAX: 00007f18c37fd9d0 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 400.349407] RDX: 000055a484407d38 RSI: 000000c000e8b0c0 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 400.349412] RBP: 00007f18c37fd910 R08: 000055a484017f60 R09: 000055a484066f80 [ 400.349417] R10: 0000000000194000 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: 0000000000000008 [ 400.349422] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000c000476a80 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 400.349430] </TASK> [ 400.349452] [ 400.349454] Allocated by task 5800: [ 400.349459] kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 [ 400.349469] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 400.349475] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x89/0x90 [ 400.349482] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xdc/0x2a0 [ 400.349492] bfq_get_queue+0x1ef/0x1100 [ 400.349502] __bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0x11a/0x510 [ 400.349511] bfq_insert_requests+0xf55/0x9030 [ 400.349519] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x446/0x14c0 [ 400.349527] __blk_flush_plug+0x27c/0x4e0 [ 400.349534] blk_finish_plug+0x52/0xa0 [ 400.349540] _xfs_buf_ioapply+0x739/0xc30 [xfs] [ 400.350246] __xfs_buf_submit+0x1b2/0x640 [xfs] [ 400.350967] xfs_buf_read_map+0x306/0xa20 [xfs] [ 400.351672] xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x285/0x7d0 [xfs] [ 400.352386] xfs_imap_to_bp+0x107/0x270 [xfs] [ 400.353077] xfs_iget+0x70d/0x1eb0 [xfs] [ 400.353786] xfs_lookup+0x2ca/0x3a0 [xfs] [ 400.354506] xfs_vn_lookup+0x14e/0x1a0 [xfs] [ 400.355197] __lookup_slow+0x19c/0x340 [ 400.355204] lookup_one_unlocked+0xfc/0x120 [ 400.355211] ovl_lookup_single+0x1b3/0xcf0 [overlay] [ 400.355255] ovl_lookup_layer+0x316/0x490 [overlay] [ 400.355295] ovl_lookup+0x844/0x1fd0 [overlay] [ 400.355351] lookup_one_qstr_excl+0xef/0x150 [ 400.355357] do_unlinkat+0x22a/0x620 [ 400.355366] __x64_sys_unlinkat+0x109/0x1e0 [ 400.355375] do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160 [ 400.355384] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7 ---truncated---

Affected

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

6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.26.12 ≤ v < 6.136.12bc3b1e9e7c50e1de0f573eea3871db61dd4787de
Vendor states this is fixed in 7baf94232651f39f7108c23bc9548bff89bdc77b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf5a60d971c7b59efb89927919404be655a9e35a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7baf94232651f39f7108c23bc9548bff89bdc77b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5a60d971c7b59efb89927919404be655a9e35a

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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