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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Sep 18, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 20, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

ublk_drv: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery()

When two UBLK_CMD_START_USER_RECOVERY commands are submitted, the
first one sets 'ubq->ubq_daemon' to NULL, and the second one triggers
WARN in ublk_queue_reinit() and subsequently a NULL pointer dereference
issue.

Fix it by adding the check in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery() and return
immediately in case of zero 'ub->nr_queues_ready'.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028
RIP: 0010:ublk_ctrl_start_recovery.constprop.0+0x82/0x180
Call Trace:

? __die+0x20/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x75/0x170
? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x140
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
? ublk_ctrl_start_recovery.constprop.0+0x82/0x180
ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd+0x4f7/0x6c0
? pick_next_task_idle+0x26/0x40
io_uring_cmd+0x9a/0x1b0
io_issue_sqe+0x193/0x3f0
io_wq_submit_work+0x9b/0x390
io_worker_handle_work+0x165/0x360
io_wq_worker+0xcb/0x2f0
? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x203/0x290
? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x203/0x290
? __pfx_io_wq_worker+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
? __pfx_io_wq_worker+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 18, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 18, 2024
Last updated Sep 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-46735

GHSA ID

GHSA-h642-rg9x-ww4c

Source code

No known source code

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