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HistoryAug 07, 2024 - 3:14 p.m.

CVE-2024-42250 cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling

2024-08-0715:14:33
Linux
github.com
linux kernel
vulnerability
resolved
cachefiles
missing lock protection
poll routine
xarray
rcu read lock
spinlock

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling

Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray,
otherwise:

Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is
ensured to be pinned there, while the data structure (e.g. struct
cachefiles_req) stored in the slot has no such guarantee. The poll
routine will iterate the radix tree and dereference cachefiles_req
accordingly. Thus RCU read lock is not adequate in this case and
spinlock is needed here.

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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