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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 21, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

io_uring: lock overflowing for IOPOLL

syzbot reports an issue with overflow filling for IOPOLL:

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 28 at io_uring/io_uring.c:734 io_cqring_event_overflow+0x1c0/0x230 io_uring/io_uring.c:734
CPU: 0 PID: 28 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc3-syzkaller-16369-g358a161a6a9e #0
Workqueue: events_unbound io_ring_exit_work
Call trace:
 io_cqring_event_overflow+0x1c0/0x230 io_uring/io_uring.c:734
 io_req_cqe_overflow+0x5c/0x70 io_uring/io_uring.c:773
 io_fill_cqe_req io_uring/io_uring.h:168 [inline]
 io_do_iopoll+0x474/0x62c io_uring/rw.c:1065
 io_iopoll_try_reap_events+0x6c/0x108 io_uring/io_uring.c:1513
 io_uring_try_cancel_requests+0x13c/0x258 io_uring/io_uring.c:3056
 io_ring_exit_work+0xec/0x390 io_uring/io_uring.c:2869
 process_one_work+0x2d8/0x504 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
 worker_thread+0x340/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
 kthread+0x12c/0x158 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:863

There is no real problem for normal IOPOLL as flush is also called with
uring_lock taken, but it's getting more complicated for IOPOLL|SQPOLL,
for which __io_cqring_overflow_flush() happens from the CQ waiting path.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 21, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 21, 2024
Last updated Sep 13, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-52903

GHSA ID

GHSA-2wjg-qcgr-7p52

Source code

No known source code

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