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HistoryAug 26, 2024 - 10:10 a.m.

CVE-2024-43890 tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt()

2024-08-2610:10:43
Linux
github.com
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tracing
overflow
linux kernel
vulnerability
tracing_map
elements
max_elts
max_size
preemption.

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

High

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt()

“tracing_map->next_elt” in get_free_elt() is at risk of overflowing.

Once it overflows, new elements can still be inserted into the tracing_map
even though the maximum number of elements (max_elts) has been reached.
Continuing to insert elements after the overflow could result in the
tracing_map containing “tracing_map->max_size” elements, leaving no empty
entries.
If any attempt is made to insert an element into a full tracing_map using
__tracing_map_insert(), it will cause an infinite loop with preemption
disabled, leading to a CPU hang problem.

Fix this by preventing any further increments to “tracing_map->next_elt”
once it reaches “tracing_map->max_elt”.

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

High

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial