Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-50228 - Race Condition vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr() I got the following KCSAN report during syzbot testing: ================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in generic_fillattr / inode_set_ctime_current write to 0xffff888102eb3260 of 4 bytes by task 6565 on cpu 1: inode_set_ctime_to_ts include/linux/fs.h:1638 [inline] inode_set_ctime_current+0x169/0x1d0 fs/inode.c:2626 shmem_mknod+0x117/0x180 mm/shmem.c:3443 shmem_create+0x34/0x40 mm/shmem.c:3497 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3578 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3647 [inline] path_openat+0xdbc/0x1f00 fs/namei.c:3883 do_filp_open+0xf7/0x200 fs/namei.c:3913 do_sys_openat2+0xab/0x120 fs/open.c:1416 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1431 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1442 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0xf3/0x120 fs/open.c:1442 x64_sys_call+0x1025/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x54/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e read to 0xffff888102eb3260 of 4 bytes by task 3498 on cpu 0: inode_get_ctime_nsec include/linux/fs.h:1623 [inline] inode_get_ctime include/linux/fs.h:1629 [inline] generic_fillattr+0x1dd/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:62 shmem_getattr+0x17b/0x200 mm/shmem.c:1157 vfs_getattr_nosec fs/stat.c:166 [inline] vfs_getattr+0x19b/0x1e0 fs/stat.c:207 vfs_statx_path fs/stat.c:251 [inline] vfs_statx+0x134/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:315 vfs_fstatat+0xec/0x110 fs/stat.c:341 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:505 [inline] __se_sys_newfstatat+0x58/0x260 fs/stat.c:499 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x70 fs/stat.c:499 x64_sys_call+0x141f/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x54/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e value changed: 0x2755ae53 -> 0x27ee44d3 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3498 Comm: udevd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-00326-gd1f2d51b711a-dirty #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 ================================================================== When calling generic_fillattr(), if you don't hold read lock, data-race will occur in inode member variables, which can cause unexpected behavior. Since there is no special protection when shmem_getattr() calls generic_fillattr(), data-race occurs by functions such as shmem_unlink() or shmem_mknod(). This can cause unexpected results, so commenting it out is not enough. Therefore, when calling generic_fillattr() from shmem_getattr(), it is appropriate to protect the inode using inode_lock_shared() and inode_unlock_shared() to prevent data-race.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fb9703cd43ee20a6de8ccdef991677b7274cec0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cc30ada84323be19395094d567579536e0d187e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bda1a99a0dd644f31a87d636ac624eeb975cb65a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d9528484480e8f4979b3a347930ed383be99f89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82cae1e30bd940253593c2d4f16d88343d1358f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd1f905050686fdc4cfe233d818469fdf7d5ff8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd56612566bc23877c8f45def2801f3324a222a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d949d1d14fa281ace388b1de978e8f2cd52875cf