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CVE-2024-26901 Details

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak syzbot identified a kernel information leak vulnerability in do_sys_name_to_handle() and issued the following report [1]. [1] "BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:191 [inline] do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:73 [inline] __do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline] __se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x949/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94 __x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5c9/0x970 mm/slub.c:3517 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline] __kmalloc+0x121/0x3c0 mm/slab_common.c:1020 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline] do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:39 [inline] __do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline] __se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x441/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94 __x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94 ... Bytes 18-19 of 20 are uninitialized Memory access of size 20 starts at ffff888128a46380 Data copied to user address 0000000020000240" Per Chuck Lever's suggestion, use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to solve the problem.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html siemens-SADP
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html siemens-SADP
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3948abaa4e2be938ccdfc289385a27342fb13d43 kernel.orgPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/423b6bdf19bbc5e1f7e7461045099917378f7e71 kernel.orgPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bac28f441e3cc9d3f1a84c8d023228a68d8a7c1 kernel.orgPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-908Use of Uninitialized Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 2.6.39, < 4.19.311
>= 4.20, < 5.4.273
>= 5.5, < 5.10.214
>= 5.11, < 5.15.153
>= 5.16, < 6.1.83

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-26901
NVD Published Date:
Apr 17, 2024
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
kernel.org
CVE-2024-26901 Details - Not Deferred