5.5

CVE-2024-49863

vhost/scsi: null-ptr-dereference in vhost_scsi_get_req()

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

vhost/scsi: null-ptr-dereference in vhost_scsi_get_req()

Since commit 3f8ca2e115e5 ("vhost/scsi: Extract common handling code
from control queue handler") a null pointer dereference bug can be
triggered when guest sends an SCSI AN request.

In vhost_scsi_ctl_handle_vq(), `vc.target` is assigned with
`&v_req.tmf.lun[1]` within a switch-case block and is then passed to
vhost_scsi_get_req() which extracts `vc->req` and `tpg`. However, for
a `VIRTIO_SCSI_T_AN_*` request, tpg is not required, so `vc.target` is
set to NULL in this branch. Later, in vhost_scsi_get_req(),
`vc->target` is dereferenced without being checked, leading to a null
pointer dereference bug. This bug can be triggered from guest.

When this bug occurs, the vhost_worker process is killed while holding
`vq->mutex` and the corresponding tpg will remain occupied
indefinitely.

Below is the KASAN report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 1 PID: 840 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.10.0+ #1
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:vhost_scsi_get_req+0x165/0x3a0
Code: 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 2b 02 00 00
48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4d 8b 65 30 4c 89 e2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6
04 02 4c 89 e2 83 e2 07 38 d0 7f 08 84 c0 0f 85 be 01 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffff888017affb50 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88801b000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888017affcb8
RBP: ffff888017affb80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff888017affc88 R14: ffff888017affd1c R15: ffff888017993000
FS:  000055556e076500(0000) GS:ffff88806b100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000200027c0 CR3: 0000000010ed0004 CR4: 0000000000370ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? show_regs+0x86/0xa0
 ? die_addr+0x4b/0xd0
 ? exc_general_protection+0x163/0x260
 ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x27/0x30
 ? vhost_scsi_get_req+0x165/0x3a0
 vhost_scsi_ctl_handle_vq+0x2a4/0xca0
 ? __pfx_vhost_scsi_ctl_handle_vq+0x10/0x10
 ? __switch_to+0x721/0xeb0
 ? __schedule+0xda5/0x5710
 ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
 ? _raw_spin_lock+0x82/0xf0
 vhost_scsi_ctl_handle_kick+0x52/0x90
 vhost_run_work_list+0x134/0x1b0
 vhost_task_fn+0x121/0x350
...
 </TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Let's add a check in vhost_scsi_get_req.

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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.10.227
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.168
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.113
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.55
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.10.14
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.11 < 6.11.3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.29% 0.201
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00fb5b23e1c9cdbe496f5cd6b40367cb895f6c93
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/221af82f606d928ccef19a16d35633c63026f1be
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25613e6d9841a1f9fb985be90df921fa99f800de
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46128370a72c431df733af5ebb065c4d48c9ad39
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61517f33e76d2c5247c1e61e668693afe5b67e6f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6592347f06e2b19a624270a85ad4b3ae48c3b241
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ace9c778a214da9c98d7b69d904d1b0816f4f681
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html