Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-47692nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.7% 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: nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0 When we have a corrupted main.sqlite in /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/, it may result in namelen being 0, which will cause memdup_user() to return ZERO_SIZE_PTR. When we access the name.data that has been assigned the value of ZERO_SIZE_PTR in nfs4_client_to_reclaim(), null pointer dereference is triggered. [ T1205] ================================================================== [ T1205] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] Read of size 1 at addr 0000000000000010 by task nfsdcld/1205 [ T1205] [ T1205] CPU: 11 PID: 1205 Comm: nfsdcld Not tainted 5.10.0-00003-g2c1423731b8d #406 [ T1205] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014 [ T1205] Call Trace: [ T1205] dump_stack+0x9a/0xd0 [ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] __kasan_report.cold+0x34/0x84 [ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 [ T1205] nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] ? nfsd4_release_lockowner+0x410/0x410 [ T1205] cld_pipe_downcall+0x5ca/0x760 [ T1205] ? nfsd4_cld_tracking_exit+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ T1205] ? down_write_killable_nested+0x170/0x170 [ T1205] ? avc_policy_seqno+0x28/0x40 [ T1205] ? selinux_file_permission+0x1b4/0x1e0 [ T1205] rpc_pipe_write+0x84/0xb0 [ T1205] vfs_write+0x143/0x520 [ T1205] ksys_write+0xc9/0x170 [ T1205] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50 [ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xfe/0x110 [ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xa2/0x110 [ T1205] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 [ T1205] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1 [ T1205] RIP: 0033:0x7fdbdb761bc7 [ T1205] Code: 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 514 [ T1205] RSP: 002b:00007fff8c4b7248 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ T1205] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000042b RCX: 00007fdbdb761bc7 [ T1205] RDX: 000000000000042b RSI: 00007fff8c4b75f0 RDI: 0000000000000008 [ T1205] RBP: 00007fdbdb761bb0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 [ T1205] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000042b [ T1205] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: 00007fff8c4b75f0 R15: 0000000000000000 [ T1205] ================================================================== Fix it by checking namelen.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.115-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47692
Debian:13linux6.11.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47692
Debian:14linux6.11.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-127.137USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-127.137UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-54.56UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-54.56USN-7301-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1073.79USN-7166-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1023.25USN-7311-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1USN-7311-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1078.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30USN-7384-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1USN-7384-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1078.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15USN-7468-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1072.80UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1072.80USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1024.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1024.26USN-7304-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1USN-7303-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1070.76USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1070.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1019.23USN-7304-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1056.63USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1056.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1006.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1006.8USN-7304-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1USN-7403-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1066.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1066.69USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22USN-7385-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1071.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1070.75USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1070.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-127.137USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-127.137UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-54.56.1USN-7301-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-54.56.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1USN-7301-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1068.69USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1068.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1022.25USN-7303-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1022.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2USN-7303-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1022.25.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1022.25.2USN-7303-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15USN-7310-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24USN-7386-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1071.77USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1071.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1020.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1020.21USN-7303-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1USN-7303-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1066.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1066.69USN-7166-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1019.23USN-7303-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-53.55.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1039.43UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1039.43USN-7166-4

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 74725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 6d07040ae5c2214e39c7444d898039c9e655a79a74725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 0f1d007bbea38a61cf9c5392708dc70ae9d84a3d74725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before b7b7a8df41ef18862dd6b22289fb46c2c12398af74725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 84a563d136faf514fdad1ade28d7a142fd313cb874725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 318f70857caab3da9a6ada9bc8c1f4f7591b695e74725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 766d5fbd78f7a52b3888449a0358760477b7460274725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 1ff8be8d008b9ddc8e7043fbddd37d5d451b271b74725959c33c14114fdce1e36e3504d106584d53 – before 22451a16b7ab7debefce660672566be887db1637
Linux Linux 5.2

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