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HistoryJul 16, 2024 - 11:44 a.m.

CVE-2022-48821 misc: fastrpc: avoid double fput() on failed usercopy

2024-07-1611:44:07
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
vulnerability
fastrpc
double fput
usercopy
fastrpc_ioctl_alloc_dma_buff
ioctl
use after free

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

misc: fastrpc: avoid double fput() on failed usercopy

If the copy back to userland fails for the FASTRPC_IOCTL_ALLOC_DMA_BUFF
ioctl(), we shouldn’t assume that ‘buf->dmabuf’ is still valid. In fact,
dma_buf_fd() called fd_install() before, i.e. “consumed” one reference,
leaving us with none.

Calling dma_buf_put() will therefore put a reference we no longer own,
leading to a valid file descritor table entry for an already released
‘file’ object which is a straight use-after-free.

Simply avoid calling dma_buf_put() and rely on the process exit code to
do the necessary cleanup, if needed, i.e. if the file descriptor is
still valid.

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial