CVE-2023-52486
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Don't unref the same fb many times by mistake due to deadlock handling If we get a deadlock after the fb lookup in drm_mode_page_flip_ioctl() we proceed to unref the fb and then retry the whole thing from the top. But we forget to reset the fb pointer back to NULL, and so if we then get another error during the retry, before the fb lookup, we proceed the unref the same fb again without having gotten another reference. The end result is that the fb will (eventually) end up being freed while it's still in use. Reset fb to NULL once we've unreffed it to avoid doing it again until we've done another fb lookup. This turned out to be pretty easy to hit on a DG2 when doing async flips (and CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH=y). The first symptom I saw that drm_closefb() simply got stuck in a busy loop while walking the framebuffer list. Fortunately I was able to convince it to oops instead, and from there it was easier to track down the culprit.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-667
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 4.19.307
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.269
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.210
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.149
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.76
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.15
- Linux Kernel < 6.7.3
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/376e21a9e4c2c63ee5d8d3aa74be5082c3882229
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f2e79cf9f4f47cc9dea9cebdf58d9f7b5695e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dd334a8245011ace45e53298175c7b659edb3e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4af63da9d94986c529d74499fdfe44289acd551
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd0feb1b109cb63b87fdcd00122603787c75a1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb4daf271302d71a6b9a7c01bd0b6d76febd8f0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7afdf360f4ac142832b098b4de974e867cc063c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55261469be87c55df13db76dc945f6bcd825105
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/376e21a9e4c2c63ee5d8d3aa74be5082c3882229
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f2e79cf9f4f47cc9dea9cebdf58d9f7b5695e0
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/376e21a9e4c2c63ee5d8d3aa74be5082c3882229
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f2e79cf9f4f47cc9dea9cebdf58d9f7b5695e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dd334a8245011ace45e53298175c7b659edb3e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4af63da9d94986c529d74499fdfe44289acd551
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd0feb1b109cb63b87fdcd00122603787c75a1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb4daf271302d71a6b9a7c01bd0b6d76febd8f0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7afdf360f4ac142832b098b4de974e867cc063c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55261469be87c55df13db76dc945f6bcd825105
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/376e21a9e4c2c63ee5d8d3aa74be5082c3882229
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f2e79cf9f4f47cc9dea9cebdf58d9f7b5695e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dd334a8245011ace45e53298175c7b659edb3e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4af63da9d94986c529d74499fdfe44289acd551
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd0feb1b109cb63b87fdcd00122603787c75a1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb4daf271302d71a6b9a7c01bd0b6d76febd8f0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7afdf360f4ac142832b098b4de974e867cc063c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55261469be87c55df13db76dc945f6bcd825105
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html