Release Date: | 2024-12-27 | |
Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-cgroup: Fix UAF in blkcg_unpin_online()
blkcg_unpin_online() walks up the blkcg hierarchy putting the online pin. To
walk up, it uses blkcg_parent(blkcg) but it was calling that after
blkcg_destroy_blkgs(blkcg) which could free the blkcg, leading to the
following UAF:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blkcg_unpin_online+0x15a/0x270
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881057678c0 by task kworker/9:1/117
CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 117 Comm: kworker/9:1 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-work-00182-gb8f52214c61a-dirty #48
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022
Workqueue: cgwb_release cgwb_release_workfn
Call Trace:
See more information about CVE-2024-56672 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 6.4 |
Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Version: | 3.1 |
Attack Vector: | Local |
Attack Complexity: | High |
Privileges Required: | High |
User Interaction: | None |
Scope: | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact: | High |
Integrity Impact: | High |
Availability Impact: | High |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20480 | 2025-07-17 |
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20530 | 2025-08-18 |
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20152 | 2025-03-10 |
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20152 | 2025-03-10 |
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20480 | 2025-07-17 |
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20530 | 2025-08-18 |
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