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CVE-2022-48771 drm/vmwgfx: Fix stale file descriptors on failed usercopy

2024-06-2011:13:45
Linux
github.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability
usercopy
file descriptor
use-after-free
exploitation

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

drm/vmwgfx: Fix stale file descriptors on failed usercopy

A failing usercopy of the fence_rep object will lead to a stale entry in
the file descriptor table as put_unused_fd() won’t release it. This
enables userland to refer to a dangling ‘file’ object through that still
valid file descriptor, leading to all kinds of use-after-free
exploitation scenarios.

Fix this by deferring the call to fd_install() until after the usercopy
has succeeded.

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial