CVE-2023-53167
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix null pointer dereference in tracing_err_log_open() Fix an issue in function 'tracing_err_log_open'. The function doesn't call 'seq_open' if the file is opened only with write permissions, which results in 'file->private_data' being left as null. If we then use 'lseek' on that opened file, 'seq_lseek' dereferences 'file->private_data' in 'mutex_lock(&m->lock)', resulting in a kernel panic. Writing to this node requires root privileges, therefore this bug has very little security impact. Tracefs node: /sys/kernel/tracing/error_log Example Kernel panic: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000038 Call trace: mutex_lock+0x30/0x110 seq_lseek+0x34/0xb8 __arm64_sys_lseek+0x6c/0xb8 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x13c el0_svc_common+0xc4/0x10c do_el0_svc+0x24/0x98 el0_svc+0x24/0x88 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xe4 el0t_64_sync+0x1b4/0x1b8 Code: d503201f aa0803e0 aa1f03e1 aa0103e9 (c8e97d02) ---[ end trace 561d1b49c12cf8a5 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
How to fix
- linux linux_kernel5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.40, 6.4.5 or later
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/02b0095e2fbbc060560c1065f86a211d91e27b26
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e1c9aa9288a46c342f0f2c5c0b1c0876b9b0276
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b5d9b7b875968a8a8c99dac45cb85b705c44802
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7060e5aac6dc195124c106f49106d653a416323a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93114cbc7cb169f6f26eeaed5286b91bb86b463b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/938d5b7a75e18264887387ddf9169db6d8aeef98
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | 5.2 ≤ v < 5.4.251, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.188, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.121, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.40, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.4.5 | 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.40, 6.4.5 |
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