CVE-2024-38580 epoll: be better about file lifetimes

2024-06-1913:37:37

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

epoll

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

epoll: be better about file lifetimes

epoll can call out to vfs_poll() with a file pointer that may race with
the last ‘fput()’. That would make f_count go down to zero, and while
the ep->mtx locking means that the resulting file pointer tear-down will
be blocked until the poll returns, it means that f_count is already
dead, and any use of it won’t actually get a reference to the file any
more: it’s dead regardless.

Make sure we have a valid ref on the file pointer before we call down to
vfs_poll() from the epoll routines.

CNA Affected

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      "fs/eventpoll.c"
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