GHSA-9FPR-G62F-647W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-19 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ftrace: Fix possible use-after-free issue in ftrace_location()
KASAN reports a bug:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ftrace_location+0x90/0x120 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888141d40010 by task insmod/424 CPU: 8 PID: 424 Comm: insmod Tainted: G W 6.9.0-rc2+ [...] Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0 print_report+0xcf/0x610 kasan_report+0xb5/0xe0 ftrace_location+0x90/0x120 register_kprobe+0x14b/0xa40 kprobe_init+0x2d/0xff0 [kprobe_example] do_one_initcall+0x8f/0x2d0 do_init_module+0x13a/0x3c0 load_module+0x3082/0x33d0 init_module_from_file+0xd2/0x130 __x64_sys_finit_module+0x306/0x440 do_syscall_64+0x68/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79
The root cause is that, in lookup_rec(), ftrace record of some address is being searched in ftrace pages of some module, but those ftrace pages at the same time is being freed in ftrace_release_mod() as the corresponding module is being deleted:
CPU1 | CPU2
register_kprobes() { | delete_module() { check_kprobe_address_safe() { | arch_check_ftrace_location() { | ftrace_location() { | lookup_rec() // USE! | ftrace_release_mod() // Free!
To fix this issue: 1. Hold rcu lock as accessing ftrace pages in ftrace_location_range(); 2. Use ftrace_location_range() instead of lookup_rec() in ftrace_location(); 3. Call synchronize_rcu() before freeing any ftrace pages both in ftrace_process_locs()/ftrace_release_mod()/ftrace_free_mem().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-38588"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-19T14:15:18Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nftrace: Fix possible use-after-free issue in ftrace_location()\n\nKASAN reports a bug:\n\n BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ftrace_location+0x90/0x120\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff888141d40010 by task insmod/424\n CPU: 8 PID: 424 Comm: insmod Tainted: G W 6.9.0-rc2+\n [...]\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0\n print_report+0xcf/0x610\n kasan_report+0xb5/0xe0\n ftrace_location+0x90/0x120\n register_kprobe+0x14b/0xa40\n kprobe_init+0x2d/0xff0 [kprobe_example]\n do_one_initcall+0x8f/0x2d0\n do_init_module+0x13a/0x3c0\n load_module+0x3082/0x33d0\n init_module_from_file+0xd2/0x130\n __x64_sys_finit_module+0x306/0x440\n do_syscall_64+0x68/0x140\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79\n\nThe root cause is that, in lookup_rec(), ftrace record of some address\nis being searched in ftrace pages of some module, but those ftrace pages\nat the same time is being freed in ftrace_release_mod() as the\ncorresponding module is being deleted:\n\n CPU1 | CPU2\n register_kprobes() { | delete_module() {\n check_kprobe_address_safe() { |\n arch_check_ftrace_location() { |\n ftrace_location() { |\n lookup_rec() // USE! | ftrace_release_mod() // Free!\n\nTo fix this issue:\n 1. Hold rcu lock as accessing ftrace pages in ftrace_location_range();\n 2. Use ftrace_location_range() instead of lookup_rec() in\n ftrace_location();\n 3. Call synchronize_rcu() before freeing any ftrace pages both in\n ftrace_process_locs()/ftrace_release_mod()/ftrace_free_mem().",
"id": "GHSA-9fpr-g62f-647w",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:31:09Z",
"published": "2024-06-19T15:30:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38588"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1880a324af1c95940a7c954b6b937e86844a33bd"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31310e373f4c8c74e029d4326b283e757edabc0b"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66df065b3106964e667b37bf8f7e55ec69d0c1f6"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b4881da5b19f65709f5c18c1a4d8caa2e496461"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ea8ef5e42173560ac510e92a1cc797ffeea8831"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbff5f0bfb2416b8b55c105ddbcd4f885e98fada"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e60b613df8b6253def41215402f72986fee3fc8d"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea46baf145150910ba134f75a67106ba2222c1b"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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