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So, the idr_remove() call moves to\npps_unregister_cdev(), and pps_idr now holds a reference to pps->dev.\n\n pps_core: source serial1 got cdev (251:1)\n <...>\n pps pps1: removed\n pps_core: unregistering pps1\n pps_core: deallocating pps1"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: pps: Se corrige un error de use after free. En una placa que ejecuta ntpd y gpsd, veo un error de use after free constante en sys_exit() desde gpsd al reiniciar: pps pps1: eliminado ------------[ cortar aqu\u00ed ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (00000000db4bec24): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. 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P\u00e1nico del kernel - no sincroniza: Vaya - ERROR: Excepci\u00f3n fatal Esto sucede porque pps_device_destruct() libera el pps_device con el cdev integrado inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de llamar a cdev_del(), pero, como se\u00f1ala el comentario anterior a cdev_del(), los fops para cdevs abiertos previamente a\u00fan se pueden llamar incluso despu\u00e9s de que cdev_del() regrese. Creo que este error siempre ha estado ah\u00ed: no puedo explicar por qu\u00e9 de repente empez\u00f3 a suceder cada vez que reinicio esta placa en particular. En el commit d953e0e837e6 (\"pps: Arreglar un error de use after free al anular el registro de una fuente\"), George Spelvin sugiri\u00f3 eliminar el cdev integrado. Esa parece la forma m\u00e1s sencilla de solucionarlo, as\u00ed que he implementado su sugerencia, utilizando __register_chrdev() con pps_idr convirti\u00e9ndose en la fuente de verdad para la cual el menor corresponde a qu\u00e9 dispositivo. Pero ahora que pps_idr define la visibilidad del espacio de usuario en lugar de cdev_add(), debemos asegurarnos de que el recuento de referencias pps-&gt;dev no pueda llegar a cero mientras que el espacio de usuario a\u00fan pueda encontrarlo de nuevo. 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Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically."}, "name": "CVE-2024-57979", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-02-27T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57979\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57979\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022634-CVE-2024-57979-aad0@gregkh/T"], "statement": "The bug could happen during reboot (or other similar condition of removing pps_core driver module) and only if PPS (Pulse Per Second) that is a special pulse provided by some GPS antennae being used. 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