UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35955
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes: Fix possible use-after-free issue on kprobe registration When unloading a module, its state is changing MODULE_STATE_LIVE -> MODULE_STATE_GOING -> MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. Each change will take a time. `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()` works with MODULE_STATE_LIVE and MODULE_STATE_GOING. If we use `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()` separately, there is a chance that the first one is succeeded but the next one is failed because module->state becomes MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED between those operations. In `check_kprobe_address_safe()`, if the second `__module_text_address()` is failed, that is ignored because it expected a kernel_text address. But it may have failed simply because module->state has been changed to MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. In this case, arm_kprobe() will try to modify non-exist module text address (use-after-free). To fix this problem, we should not use separated `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()`, but use only `__module_text_address()` once and do `try_module_get(module)` which is only available with MODULE_STATE_LIVE.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes: Fix possible use-after-free issue on kprobe registration When unloading a module, its state is changing MODULE_STATE_LIVE -> MODULE_STATE_GOING -> MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. Each change will take a time. `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()` works with MODULE_STATE_LIVE and MODULE_STATE_GOING. If we use `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()` separately, there is a chance that the first one is succeeded but the next one is failed because module->state becomes MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED between those operations. In `check_kprobe_address_safe()`, if the second `__module_text_address()` is failed, that is ignored because it expected a kernel_text address. But it may have failed simply because module->state has been changed to MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. In this case, arm_kprobe() will try to modify non-exist module text address (use-after-free). To fix this problem, we should not use separated `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()`, but use only `__module_text_address()` once and do `try_module_get(module)` which is only available with MODULE_STATE_LIVE.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/325f3fb551f8cd672dbbfc4cf58b14f9ee3fc9e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2df2dd27066cdba8041e46a64362325626bdfb2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325f3fb551f8cd672dbbfc4cf58b14f9ee3fc9e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b57c7d2f8b7de224980f1a284432846ad71ca0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5062d1f4f07facbdade0f402d9a04a788f52e26d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62029bc9ff2c17a4e3a2478d83418ec575413808
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93eb31e7c3399e326259f2caa17be1e821f5a412
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5808d40093403334d939e2c3c417144d12a6f33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d15023fb407337028a654237d8968fefdcf87c2f
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35955
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6893-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6893-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6893-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6898-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6898-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6898-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6898-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6917-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6918-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6919-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6927-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6972-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6972-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6972-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6972-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7019-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35955