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Besides,\nreintroduce brd_devices_mutex to help serialize modifications to\nbrd_list."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: brd: aplazar la creaci\u00f3n autom\u00e1tica de discos hasta que la inicializaci\u00f3n del m\u00f3dulo tenga \u00e9xito. Mi colega Wupeng encontr\u00f3 los siguientes problemas durante la inyecci\u00f3n de fallas: ERROR: no se puede gestionar la falla de p\u00e1gina para la direcci\u00f3n: fffffbfff809d073 PGD 6e648067 P4D 123ec8067 PUD 123ec4067 PMD 100e38067 PTE 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 755 Comm: modprobe No contaminado 6.12.0-rc3+ #17 Nombre del hardware: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__asan_load8+0x4c/0xa0 ... Seguimiento de llamadas: blkdev_put_whole+0x41/0x70 bdev_release+0x1a3/0x250 blkdev_release+0x11/0x20 __fput+0x1d7/0x4a0 task_work_run+0xfc/0x180 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1de/0x1f0 do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x170 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e loop_init() est\u00e1 llamando a loop_add() despu\u00e9s de que __register_blkdev() tenga \u00e9xito e ignora el error de disk_add() de loop_add(), ya que el error de loop_add() no es fatal y los discos creados correctamente ya est\u00e1n visibles para bdev_open().brd_init() actualmente est\u00e1 llamando a brd_alloc() antes de que __register_blkdev() tenga \u00e9xito y est\u00e1 liberando discos creados exitosamente cuando brd_init() devuelve un error. Esto puede causar UAF para los \u00faltimos dos casos: caso 1: T1: modprobe brd brd_init brd_alloc(0) // \u00e9xito add_disk disk_scan_partitions bdev_file_open_by_dev // asignar archivo fput // no se liberar\u00e1 hasta que regrese al espacio de usuario brd_alloc(1) // fall\u00f3 debido a un error de asignaci\u00f3n de memoria inject // error la ruta para modprobe liberar\u00e1 el segmento de c\u00f3digo // de regreso al espacio de usuario __fput blkdev_release bdev_release blkdev_put_whole bdev-&gt;bd_disk-&gt;fops-&gt;release // fops est\u00e1 liberado ahora, \u00a1UAF! caso 2: T1: T2: modprobe brd brd_init brd_alloc(0) // \u00e9xito open(/dev/ram0) brd_alloc(1) // error // ruta de error para modprobe close(/dev/ram0) ... /* UAF! */ bdev-&gt;bd_disk-&gt;fops-&gt;release Solucione este problema siguiendo lo que hace loop_init(). Adem\u00e1s, vuelva a introducir brd_devices_mutex para ayudar a serializar las modificaciones a brd_list."}], "id": "CVE-2024-56693", "lastModified": "2025-11-03T21:18:20.057", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}, "published": "2024-12-28T10:15:14.833", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259bf925583ec9e3781df778cadf00594095090d"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/410896624db639500f24f46478b4bfa05c76bf56"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41219c147df8bbd6591f59af5d695fb6c9a1cbff"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63dfd728b30f79495dacc886127695a379805152"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/826cc42adf44930a633d11a5993676d85ddb0842"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0c2744cd2939ec5999c51dbaf2af16886548b7b"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-416"}], "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}

{"affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2025:6966", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2025:6966", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: brd: defer automatic disk creation until module initialization succeeds", "id": "2334683", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334683"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "6.7", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "verified"}, "cwe": "CWE-416", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nbrd: defer automatic disk creation until module initialization succeeds\nMy colleague Wupeng found the following problems during fault injection:\nBUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff809d073\nPGD 6e648067 P4D 123ec8067 PUD 123ec4067 PMD 100e38067 PTE 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nCPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 755 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3+ #17\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\n1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:__asan_load8+0x4c/0xa0\n...\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\nblkdev_put_whole+0x41/0x70\nbdev_release+0x1a3/0x250\nblkdev_release+0x11/0x20\n__fput+0x1d7/0x4a0\ntask_work_run+0xfc/0x180\nsyscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1de/0x1f0\ndo_syscall_64+0x6b/0x170\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\nloop_init() is calling loop_add() after __register_blkdev() succeeds and\nis ignoring disk_add() failure from loop_add(), for loop_add() failure\nis not fatal and successfully created disks are already visible to\nbdev_open().\nbrd_init() is currently calling brd_alloc() before __register_blkdev()\nsucceeds and is releasing successfully created disks when brd_init()\nreturns an error. This can cause UAF for the latter two case:\ncase 1:\nT1:\nmodprobe brd\nbrd_init\nbrd_alloc(0) // success\nadd_disk\ndisk_scan_partitions\nbdev_file_open_by_dev // alloc file\nfput // won't free until back to userspace\nbrd_alloc(1) // failed since mem alloc error inject\n// error path for modprobe will release code segment\n// back to userspace\n__fput\nblkdev_release\nbdev_release\nblkdev_put_whole\nbdev->bd_disk->fops->release // fops is freed now, UAF!\ncase 2:\nT1: T2:\nmodprobe brd\nbrd_init\nbrd_alloc(0) // success\nopen(/dev/ram0)\nbrd_alloc(1) // fail\n// error path for modprobe\nclose(/dev/ram0)\n...\n/* UAF! */\nbdev->bd_disk->fops->release\nFix this problem by following what loop_init() does. Besides,\nreintroduce brd_devices_mutex to help serialize modifications to\nbrd_list."], "name": "CVE-2024-56693", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-12-28T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56693\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56693\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122835-CVE-2024-56693-b3c6@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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