GHSA-6W35-M3MC-PF7X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-19 12:31 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:32
VLAI?
Details

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

topology: Keep the cpumask unchanged when printing cpumap

During fuzz testing, the following warning was discovered:

different return values (15 and 11) from vsnprintf("%*pbl ", ...)

test:keyward is WARNING in kvasprintf WARNING: CPU: 55 PID: 1168477 at lib/kasprintf.c:30 kvasprintf+0x121/0x130 Call Trace: kvasprintf+0x121/0x130 kasprintf+0xa6/0xe0 bitmap_print_to_buf+0x89/0x100 core_siblings_list_read+0x7e/0xb0 kernfs_file_read_iter+0x15b/0x270 new_sync_read+0x153/0x260 vfs_read+0x215/0x290 ksys_read+0xb9/0x160 do_syscall_64+0x56/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

The call trace shows that kvasprintf() reported this warning during the printing of core_siblings_list. kvasprintf() has several steps:

(1) First, calculate the length of the resulting formatted string.

(2) Allocate a buffer based on the returned length.

(3) Then, perform the actual string formatting.

(4) Check whether the lengths of the formatted strings returned in steps (1) and (2) are consistent.

If the core_cpumask is modified between steps (1) and (3), the lengths obtained in these two steps may not match. Indeed our test includes cpu hotplugging, which should modify core_cpumask while printing.

To fix this issue, cache the cpumask into a temporary variable before calling cpumap_print_{list, cpumask}_to_buf(), to keep it unchanged during the printing process.

Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-57917"
  ],
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntopology: Keep the cpumask unchanged when printing cpumap\n\nDuring fuzz testing, the following warning was discovered:\n\n different return values (15 and 11) from vsnprintf(\"%*pbl\n \", ...)\n\n test:keyward is WARNING in kvasprintf\n WARNING: CPU: 55 PID: 1168477 at lib/kasprintf.c:30 kvasprintf+0x121/0x130\n Call Trace:\n  kvasprintf+0x121/0x130\n  kasprintf+0xa6/0xe0\n  bitmap_print_to_buf+0x89/0x100\n  core_siblings_list_read+0x7e/0xb0\n  kernfs_file_read_iter+0x15b/0x270\n  new_sync_read+0x153/0x260\n  vfs_read+0x215/0x290\n  ksys_read+0xb9/0x160\n  do_syscall_64+0x56/0x100\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2\n\nThe call trace shows that kvasprintf() reported this warning during the\nprinting of core_siblings_list. kvasprintf() has several steps:\n\n (1) First, calculate the length of the resulting formatted string.\n\n (2) Allocate a buffer based on the returned length.\n\n (3) Then, perform the actual string formatting.\n\n (4) Check whether the lengths of the formatted strings returned in\n     steps (1) and (2) are consistent.\n\nIf the core_cpumask is modified between steps (1) and (3), the lengths\nobtained in these two steps may not match. Indeed our test includes cpu\nhotplugging, which should modify core_cpumask while printing.\n\nTo fix this issue, cache the cpumask into a temporary variable before\ncalling cpumap_print_{list, cpumask}_to_buf(), to keep it unchanged\nduring the printing process.",
  "id": "GHSA-6w35-m3mc-pf7x",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:32:13Z",
  "published": "2025-01-19T12:31:26Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"
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}


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