Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-26743 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in multiple products
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/qedr: Fix qedr_create_user_qp error flow Avoid the following warning by making sure to free the allocated resources in case that qedr_init_user_queue() fail. -----------[ cut here ]----------- WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 143192 at drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c:874 uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] Modules linked in: tls target_core_user uio target_core_pscsi target_core_file target_core_iblock ib_srpt ib_srp scsi_transport_srp nfsd nfs_acl rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs 8021q garp mrp stp llc ext4 mbcache jbd2 opa_vnic ib_umad ib_ipoib sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm hfi1 intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common mgag200 qedr sb_edac drm_shmem_helper rdmavt x86_pkg_temp_thermal drm_kms_helper intel_powerclamp ib_uverbs coretemp i2c_algo_bit kvm_intel dell_wmi_descriptor ipmi_ssif sparse_keymap kvm ib_core rfkill syscopyarea sysfillrect video sysimgblt irqbypass ipmi_si ipmi_devintf fb_sys_fops rapl iTCO_wdt mxm_wmi iTCO_vendor_support intel_cstate pcspkr dcdbas intel_uncore ipmi_msghandler lpc_ich acpi_power_meter mei_me mei fuse drm xfs libcrc32c qede sd_mod ahci libahci t10_pi sg crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel qed libata tg3 ghash_clmulni_intel megaraid_sas crc8 wmi [last unloaded: ib_srpt] CPU: 0 PID: 143192 Comm: fi_rdm_tagged_p Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-408.el9.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R430/03XKDV, BIOS 2.14.0 01/25/2022 RIP: 0010:uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] Code: 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 0f 26 1b dd 48 89 df e8 67 6a ff ff 49 8b 86 10 01 00 00 48 85 c0 74 9c 4c 89 e7 e8 83 c0 cb dd eb 92 <0f> 0b eb be 0f 0b be 04 00 00 00 48 89 df e8 8e f5 ff ff e9 6d ff RSP: 0018:ffffb7c6cadfbc60 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: ffff8f0889ee3f60 RBX: ffff8f088c1a5200 RCX: 00000000802a0016 RDX: 00000000802a0017 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8f0880042600 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff8f11fffd5000 R11: 0000000000039000 R12: ffff8f0d5b36cd80 R13: ffff8f088c1a5250 R14: ffff8f1206d91000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f11d7c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000147069200e20 CR3: 00000001c7210002 CR4: 00000000001706f0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df ? ib_uverbs_close+0x1f/0xb0 [ib_uverbs] ? uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ? __warn+0x81/0x110 ? uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ? report_bug+0x10a/0x140 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcf/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_close+0x1f/0xb0 [ib_uverbs] __fput+0x94/0x250 task_work_run+0x5c/0x90 do_exit+0x270/0x4a0 do_group_exit+0x2d/0x90 get_signal+0x87c/0x8c0 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x25/0x100 ? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xc2/0x110 [ib_uverbs] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9c/0x130 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xb6/0x100 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x22/0x40 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x22/0x40 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? common_interrupt+0x43/0xa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc RIP: 0033:0x1470abe3ec6b Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x1470abe3ec41. RSP: 002b:00007fff13ce9108 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: fffffffffffffffc RBX: 00007fff13ce9218 RCX: 00001470abe3ec6b RDX: 00007fff13ce9200 RSI: 00000000c0181b01 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fff13ce91e0 R08: 0000558d9655da10 R09: 0000558d9655dd00 R10: 00007fff13ce95c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff13ce9358 R13: 0000000000000013 R14: 0000558d9655db50 R15: 00007fff13ce9470 </TASK> --[ end trace 888a9b92e04c5c97 ]--
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Locate and Exploit Test APIs An attacker exploits a sample, demonstration, or test API that is insecure by default and should not be resident on production systems. Some applications include APIs that are intended to allow an administrator to test and refine their domain. These APIs should usually be disabled once a system enters a production environment. Testing APIs may expose a great deal of diagnostic information intended to aid an administrator, but which can also be used by an attacker to further refine their attack. Moreover, testing APIs may not have adequate security controls or may not have undergone rigorous testing since they were not intended for use in production environments. As such, they may have many flaws and vulnerabilities that would allow an attacker to severely disrupt a target.
- Flooding An attacker consumes the resources of a target by rapidly engaging in a large number of interactions with the target. This type of attack generally exposes a weakness in rate limiting or flow control in management of interactions. Since each request consumes some of the target's resources, if a sufficiently large number of requests must be processed at the same time then the target's resources can be exhausted. The degree to which the attack is successful depends upon the volume of requests in relation to the amount of the resource the target has access to, and other mitigating circumstances such as the target's ability to shift load or acquired additional resources to deal with the depletion. The more protected the resource and the greater the quantity of it that must be consumed, the more resources the attacker may need to have at their disposal. A typical TCP/IP flooding attack is a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack where many machines simultaneously make a large number of requests to a target. Against a target with strong defenses and a large pool of resources, many tens of thousands of attacking machines may be required. When successful this attack prevents legitimate users from accessing the service and can cause the target to crash. This attack differs from resource depletion through leaks or allocations in that the latter attacks do not rely on the volume of requests made to the target but instead focus on manipulation of the target's operations. The key factor in a flooding attack is the number of requests the attacker can make in a given period of time. The greater this number, the more likely an attack is to succeed against a given target.
- Excessive Allocation An attacker causes the target to allocate excessive resources to servicing the attackers' request, thereby reducing the resources available for legitimate services and degrading or denying services. Usually, this attack focuses on memory allocation, but any finite resource on the target could be the attacked, including bandwidth, processing cycles, or other resources. This attack does not attempt to force this allocation through a large number of requests (that would be Resource Depletion through Flooding) but instead uses one or a small number of requests that are carefully formatted to force the target to allocate excessive resources to service this request(s). Often this attack takes advantage of a bug in the target to cause the target to allocate resources vastly beyond what would be needed for a normal request. For example, using an Integer Attack, the attacker could cause a variable that controls allocation for a request to hold an excessively large value. Excessive allocation of resources can render a service degraded or unavailable to legitimate users and can even lead to crashing of the target.
- XML Ping of the Death An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
- XML Entity Expansion An attacker submits an XML document to a target application where the XML document uses nested entity expansion to produce an excessively large output XML. XML allows the definition of macro-like structures that can be used to simplify the creation of complex structures. However, this capability can be abused to create excessive demands on a processor's CPU and memory. A small number of nested expansions can result in an exponential growth in demands on memory.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/135e5465fefa463c5ec93c4eede48b9fedac894a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/135e5465fefa463c5ec93c4eede48b9fedac894a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5639414a52a29336ffa1ede80a67c6d927acbc5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5639414a52a29336ffa1ede80a67c6d927acbc5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ba4e6d5863c53e937f49932dee0ecb004c65928
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ba4e6d5863c53e937f49932dee0ecb004c65928
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f31a244c753aacf40b71d01f03ca6742f81bbbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f31a244c753aacf40b71d01f03ca6742f81bbbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95175dda017cd4982cd47960536fa1de003d3298
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95175dda017cd4982cd47960536fa1de003d3298
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab8875c06ebda5e01c5c4cab30022aed85c14e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab8875c06ebda5e01c5c4cab30022aed85c14e6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html