CVE-2024-42152

CVSS v3.1 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 8
NVD Status Analyzed

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

nvmet: fix a possible leak when destroy a ctrl during qp establishment

In nvmet_sq_destroy we capture sq->ctrl early and if it is non-NULL we
know that a ctrl was allocated (in the admin connect request handler)
and we need to release pending AERs, clear ctrl->sqs and sq->ctrl
(for nvme-loop primarily), and drop the final reference on the ctrl.

However, a small window is possible where nvmet_sq_destroy starts (as
a result of the client giving up and disconnecting) concurrently with
the nvme admin connect cmd (which may be in an early stage). But before
kill_and_confirm of sq->ref (i.e. the admin connect managed to get an sq
live reference). In this case, sq->ctrl was allocated however after it was
captured in a local variable in nvmet_sq_destroy.
This prevented the final reference drop on the ctrl.

Solve this by re-capturing the sq->ctrl after all inflight request has
completed, where for sure sq->ctrl reference is final, and move forward
based on that.

This issue was observed in an environment with many hosts connecting
multiple ctrls simoutanuosly, creating a delay in allocating a ctrl
leading up to this race window.

Weaknesses
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
NVD Status
Analyzed
CNA
kernel.org
Published Date
2024-07-30 08:15:06
(6 weeks ago)
Updated Date
2024-08-09 14:55:35
(5 weeks ago)

Affected Products

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Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 4.8 version and prior 5.10.222 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.8 < 5.10.222
  Linux Kernel from 5.11 version and prior 5.15.163 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 5.11 < 5.15.163
  Linux Kernel from 5.16 version and prior 6.1.98 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 5.16 < 6.1.98
  Linux Kernel from 6.2 version and prior 6.6.39 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 6.2 < 6.6.39
  Linux Kernel from 6.7 version and prior 6.9.9 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 6.7 < 6.9.9
  Linux Kernel 6.10 Rc1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1
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