Vulnerability · Published Dec 27, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53166block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth() Set new allocated bfqq to bic or remove freed bfqq from bic are both protected by bfqd->lock, however bfq_limit_depth() is deferencing bfqq from bic without the lock, this can lead to UAF if the io_context is shared by multiple tasks. For example, test bfq with io_uring can trigger following UAF in v6.6: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bfqq_group+0x15/0x50 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x80 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x66/0x300 print_report+0x3e/0x70 kasan_report+0xb4/0xf0 bfqq_group+0x15/0x50 bfqq_request_over_limit+0x130/0x9a0 bfq_limit_depth+0x1b5/0x480 __blk_mq_alloc_requests+0x2b5/0xa00 blk_mq_get_new_requests+0x11d/0x1d0 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x286/0xb00 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x331/0x400 __block_write_full_folio+0x3d0/0x640 writepage_cb+0x3b/0xc0 write_cache_pages+0x254/0x6c0 write_cache_pages+0x254/0x6c0 do_writepages+0x192/0x310 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x95/0xc0 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x99/0xd0 filemap_write_and_wait_range.part.0+0x4d/0xa0 blkdev_read_iter+0xef/0x1e0 io_read+0x1b6/0x8a0 io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300 io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390 io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550 io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 808602: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x83/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b1/0x6d0 bfq_get_queue+0x138/0xfa0 bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0xe3/0x2c0 bfq_init_rq+0x196/0xbb0 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xb5/0x480 bfq_insert_requests+0x156/0x180 blk_mq_insert_request+0x15d/0x440 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x8a4/0xb00 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x331/0x400 __blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x2dd/0x330 blkdev_write_iter+0x39a/0x450 io_write+0x22a/0x840 io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300 io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390 io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550 io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 Freed by task 808589: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 __kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1b0 kmem_cache_free+0x10c/0x750 bfq_put_queue+0x2dd/0x770 __bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0x155/0x7a0 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0x122/0x480 bfq_insert_requests+0x156/0x180 blk_mq_dispatch_plug_list+0x528/0x7e0 blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+0xe5/0x590 __blk_flush_plug+0x3b/0x90 blk_finish_plug+0x40/0x60 do_writepages+0x19d/0x310 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x95/0xc0 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x99/0xd0 filemap_write_and_wait_range.part.0+0x4d/0xa0 blkdev_read_iter+0xef/0x1e0 io_read+0x1b6/0x8a0 io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300 io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390 io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550 io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 Fix the problem by protecting bic_to_bfqq() with bfqd->lock.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.133-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53166
Debian:12linux6.1.133-1DSA-5900-1
Debian:13linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53166
Debian:14linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53166

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 – before ada4ca5fd5a9d5212f28164d49a4885951c979c976f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 – before 906cdbdd3b018ff69cc830173bce277a847d4fdc76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 – before dcaa738afde55085ac6056252e319479cf23cde276f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 – before 01a853faaeaf3379ccf358ade582b1d28752126e76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 – before e8b8344de3980709080d86c157d24e7de07d70ad
Linux Linux 5.17

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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