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HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 9:09 a.m.

CVE-2024-42318 landlock: Don't lose track of restrictions on cred_transfer

2024-08-1709:09:31
Linux
github.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability
landlock
cred_transfer
keyctl_session_to_parent
syscalls

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

landlock: Don’t lose track of restrictions on cred_transfer

When a process’ cred struct is replaced, this almost always invokes
the cred_prepare LSM hook; but in one special case (when
KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT updates the parent’s credentials), the
cred_transfer LSM hook is used instead. Landlock only implements the
cred_prepare hook, not cred_transfer, so KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT causes
all information on Landlock restrictions to be lost.

This basically means that a process with the ability to use the fork()
and keyctl() syscalls can get rid of all Landlock restrictions on
itself.

Fix it by adding a cred_transfer hook that does the same thing as the
existing cred_prepare hook. (Implemented by having hook_cred_prepare()
call hook_cred_transfer() so that the two functions are less likely to
accidentally diverge in the future.)

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial