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Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVE-2024-42300

Medium
4.7/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix race in z_erofs_get_gbuf() In z_erofs_get_gbuf(), the current task may be migrated to another CPU between `z_erofs_gbuf_id()` and `spin_lock(&gbuf->lock)`. Therefore, z_erofs_put_gbuf() will trigger the following issue which was found by stress test: <2>[772156.434168] kernel BUG at fs/erofs/zutil.c:58! .. <4>[772156.435007] <4>[772156.439237] CPU: 0 PID: 3078 Comm: stress Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.10.0-rc7+ #2 <4>[772156.439239] Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 1.0.0 01/01/2017 <4>[772156.439241] pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) <4>[772156.439243] pc : z_erofs_put_gbuf+0x64/0x70 [erofs] <4>[772156.439252] lr : z_erofs_lz4_decompress+0x600/0x6a0 [erofs] .. <6>[772156.445958] stress (3127): drop_caches: 1 <4>[772156.446120] Call trace: <4>[772156.446121] z_erofs_put_gbuf+0x64/0x70 [erofs] <4>[772156.446761] z_erofs_lz4_decompress+0x600/0x6a0 [erofs] <4>[772156.446897] z_erofs_decompress_queue+0x740/0xa10 [erofs] <4>[772156.447036] z_erofs_runqueue+0x428/0x8c0 [erofs] <4>[772156.447160] z_erofs_readahead+0x224/0x390 [erofs] ..

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-362 - Race Condition

A race condition occurs in a shared memory program when two threads/processes access the same shared memory data, and at least one thread executes a write operation. This vulnerability manipulates the time to check vs. time to use (TOC/TOU) gap between the threads in the critical section to cause disorientation in the shared data. The impact can vary from compromising the confidentiality of the system to causing the system to crash or to execute arbitrary code.

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  • Published