Описание
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure
While attaching a newly created meter attach_meter() function makes
the new meter visible to other CPUs but can still fail afterwards.
On failure, it detaches the meter back and returns an error.
However, this is an unexpected behavior for the ovs_meter_cmd_set()
that uses a plain kfree(meter) on attach failure without waiting for
RCU readers to stop using it, assuming it was never visible.
This is never a problem for ovs-vswitchd as it always creates meters
before creating any flows that use them. But the UAF can be triggered
with a custom application using uAPI:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810d152650 by task meter/2508
Call Trace:
ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653)
do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1407)
ovs_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1584)
ovs_packet_cmd_execute (net/openvswitch/datapath.c:703)
...
netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900)
Allocated by task 2519:
__kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:398 mm/kasan/common.c:415)
ovs_meter_cmd_set (net/openvswitch/meter.c:422)
...
netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900)
Freed by task 2519:
kfree (mm/slub.c:2705 mm/slub.c:6405 mm/slub.c:6720)
ovs_meter_cmd_set (net/openvswitch/meter.c:479)
...
netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900)
Fix that by making sure attach_meter() doesn't make the meter visible
until all the checks are done and the function can't fail anymore.
This also makes sure the "hash" value is calculated after the potential
re-sizing of the table.
Reported by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative as ZDI-CAN-31642.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Open vSwitch (OVS) component. When a new meter is attached, the attach_meter() function makes it visible to other central processing units (CPUs) before all checks are complete. If the attachment fails, the meter is freed without waiting for other CPUs to stop using it, leading to a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability. A local attacker with the ability to use the user-space API (uAPI) could exploit this to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
Затронутые пакеты
| Платформа | Пакет | Состояние | Рекомендация | Релиз |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Fix deferred | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Not affected | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Not affected | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Fix deferred | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel | Fix deferred | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred |
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Статус:
EPSS
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Связанные уязвимости
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure While attaching a newly created meter attach_meter() function makes the new meter visible to other CPUs but can still fail afterwards. On failure, it detaches the meter back and returns an error. However, this is an unexpected behavior for the ovs_meter_cmd_set() that uses a plain kfree(meter) on attach failure without waiting for RCU readers to stop using it, assuming it was never visible. This is never a problem for ovs-vswitchd as it always creates meters before creating any flows that use them. But the UAF can be triggered with a custom application using uAPI: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810d152650 by task meter/2508 Call Trace: ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1407) ovs_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/action...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure While attaching a newly created meter attach_meter() function makes the new meter visible to other CPUs but can still fail afterwards. On failure, it detaches the meter back and returns an error. However, this is an unexpected behavior for the ovs_meter_cmd_set() that uses a plain kfree(meter) on attach failure without waiting for RCU readers to stop using it, assuming it was never visible. This is never a problem for ovs-vswitchd as it always creates meters before creating any flows that use them. But the UAF can be triggered with a custom application using uAPI: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810d152650 by task meter/2508 Call Trace: ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1407) ovs_execute_actions (net/openvs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: n ...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure While attaching a newly created meter attach_meter() function makes the new meter visible to other CPUs but can still fail afterwards. On failure, it detaches the meter back and returns an error. However, this is an unexpected behavior for the ovs_meter_cmd_set() that uses a plain kfree(meter) on attach failure without waiting for RCU readers to stop using it, assuming it was never visible. This is never a problem for ovs-vswitchd as it always creates meters before creating any flows that use them. But the UAF can be triggered with a custom application using uAPI: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810d152650 by task meter/2508 Call Trace: ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1407) ovs_execute_actions (net/ope...
EPSS
5.5 Medium
CVSS3