CVE-2023-54241— MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference
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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
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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KVM_TE支持被移除后，可能导致空指针取消引用。
Affected Version Matrix 10
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64< cd517f9a9d07d41f4f3593b1da3982261e09d162 |
affected |
45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64< bd9cf2a5f9e1b2229ad22f21de6f6ad1a9c8858e |
affected | ||
45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64< 6b9fb255d53759e3ea9b30067cb55091df1caf06 |
affected | ||
45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64< e4de2057698636c0ee709e545d19b169d2069fa3 |
affected | ||
5.13 |
affected | ||
< 5.13 |
unaffected | ||
5.15.121≤ 5.15.* |
unaffected | ||
6.1.40≤ 6.1.* |
unaffected | ||
| … +2 more rows | |||
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-54241
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference
After commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 ("MIPS: Remove KVM_TE support") we
get a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest:
[ 146.243409] Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions
[ 149.849151] CPU 3 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000300, epc == ffffffffc06356ec, ra == ffffffffc063568c
[ 149.849177] Oops[#1]:
[ 149.849182] CPU: 3 PID: 2265 Comm: qemu-system-mip Not tainted 6.4.0-rc3+ #1671
[ 149.849188] Hardware name: THTF CX TL630 Series/THTF-LS3A4000-7A1000-ML4A, BIOS KL4.1F.TF.D.166.201225.R 12/25/2020
[ 149.849192] $ 0 : 0000000000000000 000000007400cce0 0000000000400004 ffffffff8119c740
[ 149.849209] $ 4 : 000000007400cce1 000000007400cce1 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 149.849221] $ 8 : 000000240058bb36 ffffffff81421ac0 0000000000000000 0000000000400dc0
[ 149.849233] $12 : 9800000102a07cc8 ffffffff80e40e38 0000000000000001 0000000000400dc0
[ 149.849245] $16 : 0000000000000000 9800000106cd0000 9800000106cd0000 9800000100cce000
[ 149.849257] $20 : ffffffffc0632b28 ffffffffc05b31b0 9800000100ccca00 0000000000400000
[ 149.849269] $24 : 9800000106cd09ce ffffffff802f69d0
[ 149.849281] $28 : 9800000102a04000 9800000102a07cd0 98000001106a8000 ffffffffc063568c
[ 149.849293] Hi : 00000335b2111e66
[ 149.849295] Lo : 6668d90061ae0ae9
[ 149.849298] epc : ffffffffc06356ec kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0xc4/0x328 [kvm]
[ 149.849324] ra : ffffffffc063568c kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0x64/0x328 [kvm]
[ 149.849336] Status: 7400cce3 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL IE
[ 149.849351] Cause : 1000000c (ExcCode 03)
[ 149.849354] BadVA : 0000000000000300
[ 149.849357] PrId : 0014c004 (ICT Loongson-3)
[ 149.849360] Modules linked in: kvm nfnetlink_queue nfnetlink_log nfnetlink fuse sha256_generic libsha256 cfg80211 rfkill binfmt_misc vfat fat snd_hda_codec_hdmi input_leds led_class snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_pcm snd_timer snd serio_raw xhci_pci radeon drm_suballoc_helper drm_display_helper xhci_hcd ip_tables x_tables
[ 149.849432] Process qemu-system-mip (pid: 2265, threadinfo=00000000ae2982d2, task=0000000038e09ad4, tls=000000ffeba16030)
[ 149.849439] Stack : 9800000000000003 9800000100ccca00 9800000100ccc000 ffffffffc062cef4
[ 149.849453] 9800000102a07d18 c89b63a7ab338e00 0000000000000000 ffffffff811a0000
[ 149.849465] 0000000000000000 9800000106cd0000 ffffffff80e59938 98000001106a8920
[ 149.849476] ffffffff80e57f30 ffffffffc062854c ffffffff811a0000 9800000102bf4240
[ 149.849488] ffffffffc05b0000 ffffffff80e3a798 000000ff78000000 000000ff78000010
[ 149.849500] 0000000000000255 98000001021f7de0 98000001023f0078 ffffffff81434000
[ 149.849511] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 9800000102ae0000 980000025e92ae28
[ 149.849523] 0000000000000000 c89b63a7ab338e00 0000000000000001 ffffffff8119dce0
[ 149.849535] 000000ff78000010 ffffffff804f3d3c 9800000102a07eb0 0000000000000255
[ 149.849546] 0000000000000000 ffffffff8049460c 000000ff78000010 0000000000000255
[ 149.849558] ...
[ 149.849565] Call Trace:
[ 149.849567] [<ffffffffc06356ec>] kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0xc4/0x328 [kvm]
[ 149.849586] [<ffffffffc062cef4>] kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x184/0x228 [kvm]
[ 149.849605] [<ffffffffc062854c>] kvm_vm_ioctl+0x64c/0xf28 [kvm]
[ 149.849623] [<ffffffff805209c0>] sys_ioctl+0xc8/0x118
[ 149.849631] [<ffffffff80219eb0>] syscall_common+0x34/0x58
The root cause is the deletion of kvm_mips_commpage_init() leaves vcpu
->arch.cop0 NULL. So fix it by making cop0 from a pointer to an embedded
object.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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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KVM_TE支持被移除后，可能导致空指针取消引用。
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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Other References for CVE-2023-54241 (4)
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| CVE-2023-54258 | 9.8 CRITICAL | cifs: fix potential oops in cifs_oplock_break |
| CVE-2023-54269 | 9.8 CRITICAL | SUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use |
| CVE-2023-54280 | 9.8 CRITICAL | cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc |
| CVE-2023-54292 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/irdma: Fix data race on CQP request done |
| CVE-2023-54203 | 9.1 CRITICAL | ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in init_smb2_rsp_hdr |
| CVE-2022-50880 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: ath10k: add peer map clean up for peer delete in ath10k_sta_state() |
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| CVE-2023-54214 | 8.8 HIGH | Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-after-free |
| CVE-2023-54162 | 8.8 HIGH | ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock() |
| CVE-2023-54318 | 8.8 HIGH | net/smc: use smc_lgr_list.lock to protect smc_lgr_list.list iterate in smcr_port_add |
| CVE-2023-54250 | 8.2 HIGH | ksmbd: avoid out of bounds access in decode_preauth_ctxt() |
| CVE-2023-54164 | 8.0 HIGH | Bluetooth: ISO: fix iso_conn related locking and validity issues |
| CVE-2023-54206 | 7.8 HIGH | net/sched: flower: fix filter idr initialization |
| CVE-2023-54202 | 7.8 HIGH | drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl |
| CVE-2023-54210 | 7.8 HIGH | Bluetooth: hci_sync: Avoid use-after-free in dbg for hci_remove_adv_monitor() |
| CVE-2023-54243 | 7.8 HIGH | netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free |
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