In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched/fair: Fix fault in reweight_entity
Syzbot found a GPF in reweight_entity. This has been bisected to
commit 4ef0c5c6b5ba ("kernel/sched: Fix sched_fork() access an invalid
sched_task_group")
There is a race between sched_post_fork() and setpriority(PRIO_PGRP)
within a thread group that causes a null-ptr-deref in
reweight_entity() in CFS. The scenario is that the main process spawns
number of new threads, which then call setpriority(PRIO_PGRP, 0, -20),
wait, and exit. For each of the new threads the copy_process() gets
invoked, which adds the new task_struct and calls sched_post_fork()
for it.
In the above scenario there is a possibility that
setpriority(PRIO_PGRP) and set_one_prio() will be called for a thread
in the group that is just being created by copy_process(), and for
which the sched_post_fork() has not been executed yet. This will
trigger a null pointer dereference in reweight_entity(), as it will
try to access the run queue pointer, which hasn't been set.
Before the mentioned change the cfs_rq pointer for the task has been
set in sched_fork(), which is called much earlier in copy_process(),
before the new task is added to the thread_group. Now it is done in
the sched_post_fork(), which is called after that. To fix the issue
the remove the update_load param from the update_load param() function
and call reweight_task() only if the task flag doesn't have the
TASK_NEW flag set.
References
Configurations
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History
12 Sep 2024, 12:58
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References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13765de8148f71fa795e0a6607de37c49ea5915a - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589a954daab5e18399860b6c8ffaeaf79844eb20 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f317cd888059c59e2fa924bf4b0957cfa53f78e - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0bcd6b5779352aed88f2e538a82a39f1a7715bb - Patch | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.7 |
CWE | CWE-362 | |
First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
22 Aug 2024, 12:48
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Summary |
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22 Aug 2024, 02:15
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2024-08-22 02:15
Updated : 2024-09-12 12:58
NVD link : CVE-2022-48921
Mitre link : CVE-2022-48921
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-48921
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')