CVE-2024-42250
cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Aug 7, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 30, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling
Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise:
Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while the data structure (e.g. struct cachefiles_req) stored in the slot has no such guarantee. The poll routine will iterate the radix tree and dereference cachefiles_req accordingly. Thus RCU read lock is not adequate in this case and spinlock is needed here.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97cfd5e20ddc2e33e16ce369626ce76c9a475fd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb6bd3dd6f382dfd36220d4b210a0c77c066651
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8eadcab7f3dd809edbe5ae20533ff843dfea3a07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5bb09e742a9cf6349127e868329a8f69b7a014
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
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