Rocky Linux: CVE-2024-42152: kernel-rt (RLSA-2024-7001)

Rocky Linux: CVE-2024-42152: kernel-rt (RLSA-2024-7001)

Severity

4

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

07/30/2024

Created

10/03/2024

Added

10/02/2024

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a possible leak when destroy a ctrl during qp establishment In nvmet_sq_destroy we capture sq->ctrl early and if it is non-NULL we know that a ctrl was allocated (in the admin connect request handler) and we need to release pending AERs, clear ctrl->sqs and sq->ctrl (for nvme-loop primarily), and drop the final reference on the ctrl. However, a small window is possible where nvmet_sq_destroy starts (as a result of the client giving up and disconnecting) concurrently with the nvme admin connect cmd (which may be in an early stage). But *before* kill_and_confirm of sq->ref (i.e. the admin connect managed to get an sq live reference). In this case, sq->ctrl was allocated however after it was captured in a local variable in nvmet_sq_destroy. This prevented the final reference drop on the ctrl. Solve this by re-capturing the sq->ctrl after all inflight request has completed, where for sure sq->ctrl reference is final, and move forward based on that. This issue was observed in an environment with many hosts connecting multiple ctrls simoutanuosly, creating a delay in allocating a ctrl leading up to this race window.

Solution(s)

• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-core
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-core
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-devel
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-kvm
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-modules
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debuginfo
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-devel
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-kvm
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-modules
• rocky-upgrade-kernel-rt-modules-extra

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-42152
• CVE - 2024-42152
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7001