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CVE-2023-52879— tracing: Have trace_event_file have ref counters

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于存在空指针取消引用。

CVSS 7.8 · High EPSS 0.23% · P13

Affected Version Matrix 21

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux e6807c873d8791ae5a5186ad05ec66cab926539a< 961c4511c7578d6b8f39118be919016ec3db1c1e affected
407bf1c140f0757706c0b28604bcc90837d45ce2< a98172e36e5f1b3d29ad71fade2d611cfcc2fe6f affected
fa6d449e4d024d8c17f4288e0567d28ace69415c< cbc7c29dff0fa18162f2a3889d82eeefd67305e0 affected
a46bf337a20f9edd3c8041b025639842280d0575< 2fa74d29fc1899c237d51bf9a6e132ea5c488976 affected
9beec04370132a7a6cd1aa9897f6fffc6262ff28< 2c9de867ca285c397cd71af703763fe416265706 affected
f5ca233e2e66dc1c249bf07eefa37e34a6c9346a< 9034c87d61be8cff989017740a91701ac8195a1d affected
f5ca233e2e66dc1c249bf07eefa37e34a6c9346a< bb32500fb9b78215e4ef6ee8b4345c5f5d7eafb4 affected
5.4.258< 5.4.262 affected
… +13 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-52879

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
tracing: Have trace_event_file have ref counters
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Have trace_event_file have ref counters The following can crash the kernel: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # echo 'p:sched schedule' > kprobe_events # exec 5>>events/kprobes/sched/enable # > kprobe_events # exec 5>&- The above commands: 1. Change directory to the tracefs directory 2. Create a kprobe event (doesn't matter what one) 3. Open bash file descriptor 5 on the enable file of the kprobe event 4. Delete the kprobe event (removes the files too) 5. Close the bash file descriptor 5 The above causes a crash! BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 6 PID: 877 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.5.0-rc4-test-00008-g2c6b6b1029d4-dirty #186 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:tracing_release_file_tr+0xc/0x50 What happens here is that the kprobe event creates a trace_event_file "file" descriptor that represents the file in tracefs to the event. It maintains state of the event (is it enabled for the given instance?). Opening the "enable" file gets a reference to the event "file" descriptor via the open file descriptor. When the kprobe event is deleted, the file is also deleted from the tracefs system which also frees the event "file" descriptor. But as the tracefs file is still opened by user space, it will not be totally removed until the final dput() is called on it. But this is not true with the event "file" descriptor that is already freed. If the user does a write to or simply closes the file descriptor it will reference the event "file" descriptor that was just freed, causing a use-after-free bug. To solve this, add a ref count to the event "file" descriptor as well as a new flag called "FREED". The "file" will not be freed until the last reference is released. But the FREE flag will be set when the event is removed to prevent any more modifications to that event from happening, even if there's still a reference to the event "file" descriptor.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于存在空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux e6807c873d8791ae5a5186ad05ec66cab926539a ~ 961c4511c7578d6b8f39118be919016ec3db1c1e -
Linux Linux 6.6 -

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Other References for CVE-2023-52879 (7)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2024-05-21 · 361 CVEs total

CVE-2021-47427 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: iscsi: Fix iscsi_task use after free
CVE-2021-47328 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: iscsi: Fix conn use after free during resets
CVE-2023-52732 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: blocklist the kclient when receiving corrupted snap trace
CVE-2023-52741 9.8 CRITICAL cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages()
CVE-2021-47232 9.8 CRITICAL can: j1939: fix Use-after-Free, hold skb ref while in use
CVE-2023-52755 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix slab out of bounds write in smb_inherit_dacl()
CVE-2021-47378 9.8 CRITICAL nvme-rdma: destroy cm id before destroy qp to avoid use after free
CVE-2023-52769 8.8 HIGH wifi: ath12k: fix htt mlo-offset event locking
CVE-2021-47308 8.8 HIGH scsi: libfc: Fix array index out of bound exception
CVE-2023-52801 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Fix missing update of domains_itree after splitting iopt_area
CVE-2023-52798 8.8 HIGH wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking
CVE-2023-52846 8.8 HIGH hsr: Prevent use after free in prp_create_tagged_frame()
CVE-2023-52790 8.8 HIGH swiotlb: fix out-of-bounds TLB allocations with CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC
CVE-2023-52776 8.8 HIGH wifi: ath12k: fix dfs-radar and temperature event locking
CVE-2021-47388 8.8 HIGH mac80211: fix use-after-free in CCMP/GCMP RX
CVE-2021-47390 8.8 HIGH KVM: x86: Fix stack-out-of-bounds memory access from ioapic_write_indirect()
CVE-2021-47352 8.4 HIGH virtio-net: Add validation for used length
CVE-2023-52829 8.4 HIGH wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps()
CVE-2021-47240 8.4 HIGH net: qrtr: fix OOB Read in qrtr_endpoint_post
CVE-2021-47244 8.2 HIGH mptcp: Fix out of bounds when parsing TCP options

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