CVE-2024-43890: tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt()
First published: Mon Aug 26 2024(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt() "tracing_map->next_elt" in get_free_elt() is at risk of overflowing. Once it overflows, new elements can still be inserted into the tracing_map even though the maximum number of elements (`max_elts`) has been reached. Continuing to insert elements after the overflow could result in the tracing_map containing "tracing_map->max_size" elements, leaving no empty entries. If any attempt is made to insert an element into a full tracing_map using `__tracing_map_insert()`, it will cause an infinite loop with preemption disabled, leading to a CPU hang problem. Fix this by preventing any further increments to "tracing_map->next_elt" once it reaches "tracing_map->max_elt".
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.7<4.19.320 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.4.282 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.5<5.10.224 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.165 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.105 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.46 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.10.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.11-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.11-rc2 | |
| debian/linux | <=5.10.223-1 | 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.112-1 6.11.7-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/236bb4690773ab6869b40bedc7bc8d889e36f9d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302ceb625d7b990db205a15e371f9a71238de91c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/788ea62499b3c18541fd6d621964d8fafbc4aec5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a172c7b22bc2feaf489cfc6d6865f7237134fdf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcf86c01ca4676316557dd482c8416ece8c2e143
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd10d186a5409a1fe6e976df82858e9773a698da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3e4dbc2858fe85d1dbd2e72a9fc5dea988b5c18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb223bf01e688dfe37e813c8988ee11c8c9f8d0a
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43890
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43890
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-43890
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-43890
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43890
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/bcf86c01ca4676316557dd482c8416ece8c2e143
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