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GSD-2021-46981

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2024-02-28 06:03

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue Open /dev/nbdX first, the config_refs will be 1 and the pointers in nbd_device are still null. Disconnect /dev/nbdX, then reference a null recv_workq. The protection by config_refs in nbd_genl_disconnect is useless. [ 656.366194] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 [ 656.368943] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 656.369844] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [ 656.370717] PGD 10cc87067 P4D 10cc87067 PUD 1074b4067 PMD 0 [ 656.371693] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [ 656.372242] CPU: 5 PID: 7977 Comm: nbd-client Not tainted 5.11.0-rc5-00040-g76c057c84d28 #1 [ 656.373661] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014 [ 656.375904] RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x29/0x60 [ 656.376627] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 fd 48 83 05 6f d7 fe 08 01 e8 7a c3 ff ff 48 83 05 6a d7 fe 08 01 31 c0 65 48 8b 14 25 00 6d 01 00 <f0> 48 0f b1 55 d [ 656.378934] RSP: 0018:ffffc900005eb9b0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 656.379350] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 656.379915] RDX: ffff888104cf2600 RSI: ffffffffaae8f452 RDI: 0000000000000020 [ 656.380473] RBP: 0000000000000020 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88813bd6b318 [ 656.381039] R10: 00000000000000c7 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12: ffff888102710b40 [ 656.381599] R13: ffffc900005eb9e0 R14: ffffffffb2930680 R15: ffff88810770ef00 [ 656.382166] FS: 00007fdf117ebb40(0000) GS:ffff88813bd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 656.382806] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 656.383261] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000100c84000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 656.383819] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 656.384370] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 656.384927] Call Trace: [ 656.385111] flush_workqueue+0x92/0x6c0 [ 656.385395] nbd_disconnect_and_put+0x81/0xd0 [ 656.385716] nbd_genl_disconnect+0x125/0x2a0 [ 656.386034] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x102/0x1b0 [ 656.386422] genl_rcv_msg+0xfc/0x2b0 [ 656.386685] ? nbd_ioctl+0x490/0x490 [ 656.386954] ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 656.387354] netlink_rcv_skb+0x62/0x180 [ 656.387638] genl_rcv+0x34/0x60 [ 656.387874] netlink_unicast+0x26d/0x590 [ 656.388162] netlink_sendmsg+0x398/0x6c0 [ 656.388451] ? netlink_rcv_skb+0x180/0x180 [ 656.388750] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1da/0x320 [ 656.389038] ? ____sys_recvmsg+0x130/0x220 [ 656.389334] ___sys_sendmsg+0x8e/0xf0 [ 656.389605] ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xa2/0xf0 [ 656.389889] ? handle_mm_fault+0x1671/0x21d0 [ 656.390201] __sys_sendmsg+0x6d/0xe0 [ 656.390464] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x23/0x30 [ 656.390751] do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70 [ 656.391017] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 To fix it, just add if (nbd->recv_workq) to nbd_disconnect_and_put().

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CVE-2021-46981

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  "gsd": {
    "metadata": {
      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
      "type": "vulnerability"
    },
    "osvSchema": {
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-46981"
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      "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue\n\nOpen /dev/nbdX first, the config_refs will be 1 and\nthe pointers in nbd_device are still null. Disconnect\n/dev/nbdX, then reference a null recv_workq. The\nprotection by config_refs in nbd_genl_disconnect is useless.\n\n[  656.366194] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\n[  656.368943] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n[  656.369844] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n[  656.370717] PGD 10cc87067 P4D 10cc87067 PUD 1074b4067 PMD 0\n[  656.371693] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP\n[  656.372242] CPU: 5 PID: 7977 Comm: nbd-client Not tainted 5.11.0-rc5-00040-g76c057c84d28 #1\n[  656.373661] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014\n[  656.375904] RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x29/0x60\n[  656.376627] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 fd 48 83 05 6f d7 fe 08 01 e8 7a c3 ff ff 48 83 05 6a d7 fe 08 01 31 c0 65 48 8b 14 25 00 6d 01 00 \u003cf0\u003e 48 0f b1 55 d\n[  656.378934] RSP: 0018:ffffc900005eb9b0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[  656.379350] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[  656.379915] RDX: ffff888104cf2600 RSI: ffffffffaae8f452 RDI: 0000000000000020\n[  656.380473] RBP: 0000000000000020 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88813bd6b318\n[  656.381039] R10: 00000000000000c7 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12: ffff888102710b40\n[  656.381599] R13: ffffc900005eb9e0 R14: ffffffffb2930680 R15: ffff88810770ef00\n[  656.382166] FS:  00007fdf117ebb40(0000) GS:ffff88813bd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[  656.382806] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[  656.383261] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000100c84000 CR4: 00000000000006e0\n[  656.383819] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[  656.384370] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[  656.384927] Call Trace:\n[  656.385111]  flush_workqueue+0x92/0x6c0\n[  656.385395]  nbd_disconnect_and_put+0x81/0xd0\n[  656.385716]  nbd_genl_disconnect+0x125/0x2a0\n[  656.386034]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x102/0x1b0\n[  656.386422]  genl_rcv_msg+0xfc/0x2b0\n[  656.386685]  ? nbd_ioctl+0x490/0x490\n[  656.386954]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x1b0/0x1b0\n[  656.387354]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x62/0x180\n[  656.387638]  genl_rcv+0x34/0x60\n[  656.387874]  netlink_unicast+0x26d/0x590\n[  656.388162]  netlink_sendmsg+0x398/0x6c0\n[  656.388451]  ? netlink_rcv_skb+0x180/0x180\n[  656.388750]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x1da/0x320\n[  656.389038]  ? ____sys_recvmsg+0x130/0x220\n[  656.389334]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x8e/0xf0\n[  656.389605]  ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xa2/0xf0\n[  656.389889]  ? handle_mm_fault+0x1671/0x21d0\n[  656.390201]  __sys_sendmsg+0x6d/0xe0\n[  656.390464]  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x23/0x30\n[  656.390751]  do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70\n[  656.391017]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\n\nTo fix it, just add if (nbd-\u003erecv_workq) to nbd_disconnect_and_put().",
      "id": "GSD-2021-46981",
      "modified": "2024-02-28T06:03:57.312457Z",
      "schema_version": "1.4.0"
    }
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            "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue\n\nOpen /dev/nbdX first, the config_refs will be 1 and\nthe pointers in nbd_device are still null. Disconnect\n/dev/nbdX, then reference a null recv_workq. The\nprotection by config_refs in nbd_genl_disconnect is useless.\n\n[  656.366194] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\n[  656.368943] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n[  656.369844] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n[  656.370717] PGD 10cc87067 P4D 10cc87067 PUD 1074b4067 PMD 0\n[  656.371693] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP\n[  656.372242] CPU: 5 PID: 7977 Comm: nbd-client Not tainted 5.11.0-rc5-00040-g76c057c84d28 #1\n[  656.373661] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014\n[  656.375904] RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x29/0x60\n[  656.376627] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 fd 48 83 05 6f d7 fe 08 01 e8 7a c3 ff ff 48 83 05 6a d7 fe 08 01 31 c0 65 48 8b 14 25 00 6d 01 00 \u003cf0\u003e 48 0f b1 55 d\n[  656.378934] RSP: 0018:ffffc900005eb9b0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[  656.379350] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[  656.379915] RDX: ffff888104cf2600 RSI: ffffffffaae8f452 RDI: 0000000000000020\n[  656.380473] RBP: 0000000000000020 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88813bd6b318\n[  656.381039] R10: 00000000000000c7 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12: ffff888102710b40\n[  656.381599] R13: ffffc900005eb9e0 R14: ffffffffb2930680 R15: ffff88810770ef00\n[  656.382166] FS:  00007fdf117ebb40(0000) GS:ffff88813bd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[  656.382806] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[  656.383261] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000100c84000 CR4: 00000000000006e0\n[  656.383819] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[  656.384370] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[  656.384927] Call Trace:\n[  656.385111]  flush_workqueue+0x92/0x6c0\n[  656.385395]  nbd_disconnect_and_put+0x81/0xd0\n[  656.385716]  nbd_genl_disconnect+0x125/0x2a0\n[  656.386034]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x102/0x1b0\n[  656.386422]  genl_rcv_msg+0xfc/0x2b0\n[  656.386685]  ? nbd_ioctl+0x490/0x490\n[  656.386954]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x1b0/0x1b0\n[  656.387354]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x62/0x180\n[  656.387638]  genl_rcv+0x34/0x60\n[  656.387874]  netlink_unicast+0x26d/0x590\n[  656.388162]  netlink_sendmsg+0x398/0x6c0\n[  656.388451]  ? netlink_rcv_skb+0x180/0x180\n[  656.388750]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x1da/0x320\n[  656.389038]  ? ____sys_recvmsg+0x130/0x220\n[  656.389334]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x8e/0xf0\n[  656.389605]  ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xa2/0xf0\n[  656.389889]  ? handle_mm_fault+0x1671/0x21d0\n[  656.390201]  __sys_sendmsg+0x6d/0xe0\n[  656.390464]  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x23/0x30\n[  656.390751]  do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70\n[  656.391017]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\n\nTo fix it, just add if (nbd-\u003erecv_workq) to nbd_disconnect_and_put()."
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            "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue\n\nOpen /dev/nbdX first, the config_refs will be 1 and\nthe pointers in nbd_device are still null. Disconnect\n/dev/nbdX, then reference a null recv_workq. The\nprotection by config_refs in nbd_genl_disconnect is useless.\n\n[  656.366194] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\n[  656.368943] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n[  656.369844] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n[  656.370717] PGD 10cc87067 P4D 10cc87067 PUD 1074b4067 PMD 0\n[  656.371693] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP\n[  656.372242] CPU: 5 PID: 7977 Comm: nbd-client Not tainted 5.11.0-rc5-00040-g76c057c84d28 #1\n[  656.373661] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014\n[  656.375904] RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x29/0x60\n[  656.376627] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 fd 48 83 05 6f d7 fe 08 01 e8 7a c3 ff ff 48 83 05 6a d7 fe 08 01 31 c0 65 48 8b 14 25 00 6d 01 00 \u003cf0\u003e 48 0f b1 55 d\n[  656.378934] RSP: 0018:ffffc900005eb9b0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[  656.379350] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[  656.379915] RDX: ffff888104cf2600 RSI: ffffffffaae8f452 RDI: 0000000000000020\n[  656.380473] RBP: 0000000000000020 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88813bd6b318\n[  656.381039] R10: 00000000000000c7 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12: ffff888102710b40\n[  656.381599] R13: ffffc900005eb9e0 R14: ffffffffb2930680 R15: ffff88810770ef00\n[  656.382166] FS:  00007fdf117ebb40(0000) GS:ffff88813bd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[  656.382806] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[  656.383261] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000100c84000 CR4: 00000000000006e0\n[  656.383819] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[  656.384370] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[  656.384927] Call Trace:\n[  656.385111]  flush_workqueue+0x92/0x6c0\n[  656.385395]  nbd_disconnect_and_put+0x81/0xd0\n[  656.385716]  nbd_genl_disconnect+0x125/0x2a0\n[  656.386034]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x102/0x1b0\n[  656.386422]  genl_rcv_msg+0xfc/0x2b0\n[  656.386685]  ? nbd_ioctl+0x490/0x490\n[  656.386954]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x1b0/0x1b0\n[  656.387354]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x62/0x180\n[  656.387638]  genl_rcv+0x34/0x60\n[  656.387874]  netlink_unicast+0x26d/0x590\n[  656.388162]  netlink_sendmsg+0x398/0x6c0\n[  656.388451]  ? netlink_rcv_skb+0x180/0x180\n[  656.388750]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x1da/0x320\n[  656.389038]  ? ____sys_recvmsg+0x130/0x220\n[  656.389334]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x8e/0xf0\n[  656.389605]  ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xa2/0xf0\n[  656.389889]  ? handle_mm_fault+0x1671/0x21d0\n[  656.390201]  __sys_sendmsg+0x6d/0xe0\n[  656.390464]  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x23/0x30\n[  656.390751]  do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70\n[  656.391017]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\n\nTo fix it, just add if (nbd-\u003erecv_workq) to nbd_disconnect_and_put()."
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        "id": "CVE-2021-46981",
        "lastModified": "2024-02-28T14:06:45.783",
        "metrics": {},
        "published": "2024-02-28T09:15:37.320",
        "references": [
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            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b31d237796fd618379ec8e0f4de3370b5e4aeee7"
          },
          {
            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde4b55cfb24522dcbba80bbdb0c082303e76c43"
          }
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        "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
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}

CVE-2021-46981 (GCVE-0-2021-46981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-28 08:13 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:18

Title

nbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-02-28 19:55 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c4962df938891af9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde4b55cfb24522dc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b31d237796fd61837…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b78ba7e96e5fe1e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ebe9110fa458d58…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: e9e006f5fcf2bab59149cb38a48a4817c1b538b4 , < 1c4962df938891af9ab4775f5224ef8601764107 (git) Affected: e9e006f5fcf2bab59149cb38a48a4817c1b538b4 , < cde4b55cfb24522dcbba80bbdb0c082303e76c43 (git) Affected: e9e006f5fcf2bab59149cb38a48a4817c1b538b4 , < b31d237796fd618379ec8e0f4de3370b5e4aeee7 (git) Affected: e9e006f5fcf2bab59149cb38a48a4817c1b538b4 , < 54b78ba7e96e5fe1edb8054e375d31a6c0dc60dc (git) Affected: e9e006f5fcf2bab59149cb38a48a4817c1b538b4 , < 79ebe9110fa458d58f1fceb078e2068d7ad37390 (git) Affected: 0b584bf573ae59021069c056c22d65d5721910cb (git) Affected: 9f0f39c92e4f50189155dfb13bb5524372e40eba (git) Affected: 92ec11cccb7fc14331e000ab2337f60aa433433e (git) Affected: 4.14.149 , < 4.15 (semver) Affected: 4.19.79 , < 4.20 (semver) Affected: 5.3.6 , < 5.4 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.4 (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.120 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.38 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.11.22 , ≤ 5.11.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.12.5 , ≤ 5.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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