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.
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3840-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-3842-1 | linux-5.10 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6893-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6893-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6893-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-5 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-3 | Linux kernel kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6917-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6918-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6919-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6927-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-6972-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-6972-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-6972-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-6972-4 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7019-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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Debian
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T11:53:10.672Z
Reserved: 2024-05-17T13:50:33.136Z
Link: CVE-2024-35955
Updated: 2024-08-02T03:21:48.971Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-05-20T10:15:10.850
Modified: 2026-05-12T12:16:43.133
Link: CVE-2024-35955
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