CVE-2024-27058
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-05-01 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tmpfs: fix race on handling dquot rbtree A syzkaller reproducer found a race while attempting to remove dquot information from the rb tree. Fetching the rb_tree root node must also be protected by the dqopt->dqio_sem, otherwise, giving the right timing, shmem_release_dquot() will trigger a warning because it couldn't find a node in the tree, when the real reason was the root node changing before the search starts: Thread 1 Thread 2 - shmem_release_dquot() - shmem_{acquire,release}_dquot() - fetch ROOT - Fetch ROOT - acquire dqio_sem - wait dqio_sem - do something, triger a tree rebalance - release dqio_sem - acquire dqio_sem - start searching for the node, but from the wrong location, missing the node, and triggering a warning.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a69b6b3a026543bc215ccc866d0aea5579e6ce2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/617d55b90e73c7b4aa2733ca6cc3f9b72d1124bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7077f43f30d817d10a9f8245e51576ac114b2f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82f184874d2761ebaa60dccf577921a0dbb3810
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a69b6b3a026543bc215ccc866d0aea5579e6ce2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/617d55b90e73c7b4aa2733ca6cc3f9b72d1124bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7077f43f30d817d10a9f8245e51576ac114b2f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82f184874d2761ebaa60dccf577921a0dbb3810