5.5

CVE-2024-56549

cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file

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

cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file

At present, the object->file has the NULL pointer dereference problem in
ondemand-mode. The root cause is that the allocated fd and object->file
lifetime are inconsistent, and the user-space invocation to anon_fd uses
object->file. Following is the process that triggers the issue:

	  [write fd]				[umount]
cachefiles_ondemand_fd_write_iter
				       fscache_cookie_state_machine
					 cachefiles_withdraw_cookie
  if (!file) return -ENOBUFS
					   cachefiles_clean_up_object
					     cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use
					     fput(object->file)
					     object->file = NULL
  // file NULL pointer dereference!
  __cachefiles_write(..., file, ...)

Fix this issue by add an additional reference count to the object->file
before write/llseek, and decrement after it finished.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.19 < 6.11.11
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.12 < 6.12.2
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
Diese Information steht angemeldeten Benutzern zur Verfügung. Login Login
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.22% 0.118
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/31ad74b20227ce6b40910ff78b1c604e42975cf1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/785408bbafcfa24c9fc5b251f03fd0780ce182bd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9582c7664103c9043e80a78f5c382aa6bdd67418
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6bba3ece960129a553d4b16f1b00c884dc0993a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f98770440c9bc468e2fd878212ec9526dbe08293
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html