ghsa-9fpr-g62f-647w
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-06-19 15:30
Modified
2025-11-03 21:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

In 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().

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  "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",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    {
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      "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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