In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super() In the following concurrency we will access the uninitialized rs->lock: ext4_fill_super ext4_register_sysfs // sysfs registered msg_ratelimit_interval_ms // Other processes modify rs->interval to // non-zero via msg_ratelimit_interval_ms ext4_orphan_cleanup ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "Errors on filesystem, " __ext4_msg ___ratelimit(&(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_msg_ratelimit_state) if (!rs->interval) // do nothing if interval is 0 return 1; raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&rs->lock, flags) raw_spin_trylock(lock) _raw_spin_trylock __raw_spin_trylock spin_acquire(&lock->dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_) lock_acquire __lock_acquire register_lock_class assign_lock_key dump_stack(); ratelimit_state_init(&sbi->s_msg_ratelimit_state, 5 * HZ, 10); raw_spin_lock_init(&rs->lock); // init rs->lock here and get the following dump_stack: ========================================================= INFO: trying to register non-static key. The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe you didn't initialize this object before use? turning off the locking correctness validator. CPU: 12 PID: 753 Comm: mount Tainted: G E 6.7.0-rc6-next-20231222 #504 [...] Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xc5/0x170 dump_stack+0x18/0x30 register_lock_class+0x740/0x7c0 __lock_acquire+0x69/0x13a0 lock_acquire+0x120/0x450 _raw_spin_trylock+0x98/0xd0 ___ratelimit+0xf6/0x220 __ext4_msg+0x7f/0x160 [ext4] ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x665/0x740 [ext4] __ext4_fill_super+0x21ea/0x2b10 [ext4] ext4_fill_super+0x14d/0x360 [ext4] [...] ========================================================= Normally interval is 0 until s_msg_ratelimit_state is initialized, so ___ratelimit() does nothing. But registering sysfs precedes initializing rs->lock, so it is possible to change rs->interval to a non-zero value via the msg_ratelimit_interval_ms interface of sysfs while rs->lock is uninitialized, and then a call to ext4_msg triggers the problem by accessing an uninitialized rs->lock. Therefore register sysfs after all initializations are complete to avoid such problems.
History

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-07-12T12:37:39.823Z

Updated: 2024-12-19T09:09:44.883Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.607Z

Link: CVE-2024-40998

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:39:56.156Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-12T13:15:20.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:32:02.043

Link: CVE-2024-40998

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-40998 - Bugzilla