7.8

CVE-2023-53515

virtio-mmio: don't break lifecycle of vm_dev

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio-mmio: don't break lifecycle of vm_dev

vm_dev has a separate lifecycle because it has a 'struct device'
embedded. Thus, having a release callback for it is correct.

Allocating the vm_dev struct with devres totally breaks this protection,
though. Instead of waiting for the vm_dev release callback, the memory
is freed when the platform_device is removed. Resulting in a
use-after-free when finally the callback is to be called.

To easily see the problem, compile the kernel with
CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE and unbind with sysfs.

The fix is easy, don't use devres in this case.

Found during my research about object lifetime problems.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.15.1 < 4.19.293
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.4.255
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.192
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.128
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.47
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.4.12
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.14% 0.036
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dcb368fe5a8eee498ca75c93a18ce2f3b0d6a8e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ff54d904fafabd0912796785e53cce4e69ca123
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55c91fedd03d7b9cf0c5199b2eb12b9b8e95281a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7d5c2dd664eb8b9a06ecbc06e28d39359c422e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a2d55ead76358245b446efd87818e919196d7a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af5818c35173e096085c6ae2e3aac605d3d15e41
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b788ad3b2468512339c05f23692e36860264e674
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