CVE-2024-40922

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

io_uring/rsrc: dont lock while !TASK_RUNNING

There is a report of io_rsrc_ref_quiesce() locking a mutex while not TASK_RUNNING, which is due to forgetting restoring the state back after io_run_task_work_sig() and attempts to break out of the waiting loop.

do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at [] prepare_to_wait+0xa4/0x380 kernel/sched/wait.c:237 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 397056 at kernel/sched/core.c:10099 __might_sleep+0x114/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:10099 RIP: 0010:__might_sleep+0x114/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:10099 Call Trace: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline] __mutex_lock+0xb4/0x940 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752 io_rsrc_ref_quiesce+0x590/0x940 io_uring/rsrc.c:253 io_sqe_buffers_unregister+0xa2/0x340 io_uring/rsrc.c:799 __io_uring_register io_uring/register.c:424 [inline] __do_sys_io_uring_register+0x5b9/0x2400 io_uring/register.c:613 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x270 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

Weakness

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Locking is a type of synchronization behavior that ensures that multiple independently-operating processes or threads do not interfere with each other when accessing the same resource. All processes/threads are expected to follow the same steps for locking. If these steps are not followed precisely - or if no locking is done at all - then another process/thread could modify the shared resource in a way that is not visible or predictable to the original process. This can lead to data or memory corruption, denial of service, etc.

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/25.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/27.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9df3df0c888d9ec8d11a68474a4aa04d371cff
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4429c6c77e176a4c5aa7a3bbd1632f9fc0582518
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54559642b96116b45e4b5ca7fd9f7835b8561272
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9df3df0c888d9ec8d11a68474a4aa04d371cff
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4429c6c77e176a4c5aa7a3bbd1632f9fc0582518
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54559642b96116b45e4b5ca7fd9f7835b8561272