CVE-2022-48988

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control() memcg_write_event_control() accesses the dentry->d_name of the specified control fd to route the write call. As a cgroup interface file can't be renamed, it's safe to access d_name as long as the specified file is a regular cgroup file. Also, as these cgroup interface files can't be removed before the directory, it's safe to access the parent too. Prior to 347c4a874710 ("memcg: remove cgroup_event->cft"), there was a call to __file_cft() which verified that the specified file is a regular cgroupfs file before further accesses. The cftype pointer returned from __file_cft() was no longer necessary and the commit inadvertently dropped the file type check with it allowing any file to slip through. With the invarients broken, the d_name and parent accesses can now race against renames and removals of arbitrary files and cause use-after-free's. Fix the bug by resurrecting the file type check in __file_cft(). Now that cgroupfs is implemented through kernfs, checking the file operations needs to go through a layer of indirection. Instead, let's check the superblock and dentry type.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 21, 2024
First seenOct 21, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.14.302, 4.19.269, 5.4.227, 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 6.0.13 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.14 ≤ v < 4.14.302, 4.15 ≤ v < 4.19.269, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.227, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.159, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.83, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.0.13, 6.14.14.302, 4.19.269, 5.4.227, 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 6.0.13

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