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GHSA-4F2M-QF8W-84RW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-27 12:31 – Updated: 2024-04-10 18:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert

After commit 5b78ed24e8ec ("mm/pagemap: add mmap_assert_locked() annotations to find_vma*()"), the call to get_user_pages() will trigger the mmap assert.

static inline void mmap_assert_locked(struct mm_struct *mm) { lockdep_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock); VM_BUG_ON_MM(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_lock), mm); }

[ 62.521410] kernel BUG at include/linux/mmap_lock.h:156! ........................................................... [ 62.538938] RIP: 0010:find_vma+0x32/0x80 ........................................................... [ 62.605889] Call Trace: [ 62.608502] [ 62.610956] ? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80 [ 62.614106] find_extend_vma+0x19/0x80 [ 62.617195] __get_user_pages+0x9b/0x6a0 [ 62.620356] __gup_longterm_locked+0x42d/0x450 [ 62.623721] ? finish_wait+0x41/0x80 [ 62.626748] ? __kmalloc+0x178/0x2f0 [ 62.629768] ne_set_user_memory_region_ioctl.isra.0+0x225/0x6a0 [nitro_enclaves] [ 62.635776] ne_enclave_ioctl+0x1cf/0x6d7 [nitro_enclaves] [ 62.639541] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x82/0xb0 [ 62.642620] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 62.645642] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Use get_user_pages_unlocked() when setting the enclave memory regions. That's a similar pattern as mmap_read_lock() used together with get_user_pages().

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2021-46927 (GCVE-0-2021-46927)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-27 09:43 – Updated: 2026-05-11 13:44

Title

nitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert After commit 5b78ed24e8ec ("mm/pagemap: add mmap_assert_locked() annotations to find_vma*()"), the call to get_user_pages() will trigger the mmap assert. static inline void mmap_assert_locked(struct mm_struct *mm) { lockdep_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock); VM_BUG_ON_MM(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_lock), mm); } [ 62.521410] kernel BUG at include/linux/mmap_lock.h:156! ........................................................... [ 62.538938] RIP: 0010:find_vma+0x32/0x80 ........................................................... [ 62.605889] Call Trace: [ 62.608502] <TASK> [ 62.610956] ? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80 [ 62.614106] find_extend_vma+0x19/0x80 [ 62.617195] __get_user_pages+0x9b/0x6a0 [ 62.620356] __gup_longterm_locked+0x42d/0x450 [ 62.623721] ? finish_wait+0x41/0x80 [ 62.626748] ? __kmalloc+0x178/0x2f0 [ 62.629768] ne_set_user_memory_region_ioctl.isra.0+0x225/0x6a0 [nitro_enclaves] [ 62.635776] ne_enclave_ioctl+0x1cf/0x6d7 [nitro_enclaves] [ 62.639541] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x82/0xb0 [ 62.642620] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 62.645642] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Use get_user_pages_unlocked() when setting the enclave memory regions. That's a similar pattern as mmap_read_lock() used together with get_user_pages().

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-02-27 15:46 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a0152b219523227c…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 5b78ed24e8ec48602c1d6f5a188e58d000c81e2b , < 90d2beed5e753805c5eab656b8d48257638fe543 (git) Affected: 5b78ed24e8ec48602c1d6f5a188e58d000c81e2b , < 3a0152b219523227c2a62a0a122cf99608287176 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.15 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.13 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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