GHSA-JWQH-57HR-2GGG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-17 12:32 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak
syzbot identified a kernel information leak vulnerability in do_sys_name_to_handle() and issued the following report [1].
[1] "BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:191 [inline] do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:73 [inline] __do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline] __se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x949/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94 __x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94 ...
Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5c9/0x970 mm/slub.c:3517 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline] __kmalloc+0x121/0x3c0 mm/slab_common.c:1020 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline] do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:39 [inline] __do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline] __se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x441/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94 __x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94 ...
Bytes 18-19 of 20 are uninitialized Memory access of size 20 starts at ffff888128a46380 Data copied to user address 0000000020000240"
Per Chuck Lever's suggestion, use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to solve the problem.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-26901"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-908"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-17T11:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndo_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak\n\nsyzbot identified a kernel information leak vulnerability in\ndo_sys_name_to_handle() and issued the following report [1].\n\n[1]\n\"BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40\n instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]\n _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40\n copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:191 [inline]\n do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:73 [inline]\n __do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline]\n __se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x949/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94\n __x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94\n ...\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]\n __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5c9/0x970 mm/slub.c:3517\n __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]\n __kmalloc+0x121/0x3c0 mm/slab_common.c:1020\n kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]\n do_sys_name_to_handle fs/fhandle.c:39 [inline]\n __do_sys_name_to_handle_at fs/fhandle.c:112 [inline]\n __se_sys_name_to_handle_at+0x441/0xb10 fs/fhandle.c:94\n __x64_sys_name_to_handle_at+0xe4/0x140 fs/fhandle.c:94\n ...\n\nBytes 18-19 of 20 are uninitialized\nMemory access of size 20 starts at ffff888128a46380\nData copied to user address 0000000020000240\"\n\nPer Chuck Lever\u0027s suggestion, use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to\nsolve the problem.",
"id": "GHSA-jwqh-57hr-2ggg",
"modified": "2026-05-12T12:31:39Z",
"published": "2024-04-17T12:32:05Z",
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html"
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