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HistoryJun 25, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2024-38385

2024-06-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
linux kernel
cve-2024-38385
genirq/irqdesc
use-after-free
vulnerability
rcu read lock

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
genirq/irqdesc: Prevent use-after-free in irq_find_at_or_after()
irq_find_at_or_after() dereferences the interrupt descriptor which is
returned by mt_find() while neither holding sparse_irq_lock nor RCU read
lock, which means the descriptor can be freed between mt_find() and the
dereference:
CPU0 CPU1
desc = mt_find()
delayed_free_desc(desc)
irq_desc_get_irq(desc)
The use-after-free is reported by KASAN:
Call trace:
irq_get_next_irq+0x58/0x84
show_stat+0x638/0x824
seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec
proc_reg_read_iter+0x94/0x12c
vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8
Freed by task 4471:
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x174/0x1e0
__kmem_cache_free+0xa4/0x1dc
kfree+0x64/0x128
irq_kobj_release+0x28/0x3c
kobject_put+0xcc/0x1e0
delayed_free_desc+0x14/0x2c
rcu_do_batch+0x214/0x720
Guard the access with a RCU read lock section.

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%

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