ghsa-qqv2-5qvx-v346
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched/numa: fix memory leak due to the overwritten vma->numab_state
[Problem Description] When running the hackbench program of LTP, the following memory leak is reported by kmemleak.
# /opt/ltp/testcases/bin/hackbench 20 thread 1000 Running with 20*40 (== 800) tasks.
# dmesg | grep kmemleak ... kmemleak: 480 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) kmemleak: 665 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xffff888cd8ca2c40 (size 64): comm "hackbench", pid 17142, jiffies 4299780315 hex dump (first 32 bytes): ac 74 49 00 01 00 00 00 4c 84 49 00 01 00 00 00 .tI.....L.I..... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc bff18fd4): [] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2f9/0x3f0 [] task_numa_work+0x725/0xa00 [] task_work_run+0x58/0x90 [] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1c8/0x1e0 [] do_syscall_64+0x85/0x150 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ...
This issue can be consistently reproduced on three different servers: * a 448-core server * a 256-core server * a 192-core server
[Root Cause] Since multiple threads are created by the hackbench program (along with the command argument 'thread'), a shared vma might be accessed by two or more cores simultaneously. When two or more cores observe that vma->numab_state is NULL at the same time, vma->numab_state will be overwritten.
Although current code ensures that only one thread scans the VMAs in a single 'numa_scan_period', there might be a chance for another thread to enter in the next 'numa_scan_period' while we have not gotten till numab_state allocation [1].
Note that the command /opt/ltp/testcases/bin/hackbench 50 process 1000
cannot the reproduce the issue. It is verified with 200+ test runs.
[Solution] Use the cmpxchg atomic operation to ensure that only one thread executes the vma->numab_state assignment.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1794be3c-358c-4cdc-a43d-a1f841d91ef7@amd.com/
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-56613"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-27T15:15:20Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched/numa: fix memory leak due to the overwritten vma-\u003enumab_state\n\n[Problem Description]\nWhen running the hackbench program of LTP, the following memory leak is\nreported by kmemleak.\n\n # /opt/ltp/testcases/bin/hackbench 20 thread 1000\n Running with 20*40 (== 800) tasks.\n\n # dmesg | grep kmemleak\n ...\n kmemleak: 480 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)\n kmemleak: 665 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)\n\n # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n unreferenced object 0xffff888cd8ca2c40 (size 64):\n comm \"hackbench\", pid 17142, jiffies 4299780315\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n ac 74 49 00 01 00 00 00 4c 84 49 00 01 00 00 00 .tI.....L.I.....\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace (crc bff18fd4):\n [\u003cffffffff81419a89\u003e] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2f9/0x3f0\n [\u003cffffffff8113f715\u003e] task_numa_work+0x725/0xa00\n [\u003cffffffff8110f878\u003e] task_work_run+0x58/0x90\n [\u003cffffffff81ddd9f8\u003e] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1c8/0x1e0\n [\u003cffffffff81dd78d5\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x85/0x150\n [\u003cffffffff81e0012b\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n ...\n\nThis issue can be consistently reproduced on three different servers:\n * a 448-core server\n * a 256-core server\n * a 192-core server\n\n[Root Cause]\nSince multiple threads are created by the hackbench program (along with\nthe command argument \u0027thread\u0027), a shared vma might be accessed by two or\nmore cores simultaneously. When two or more cores observe that\nvma-\u003enumab_state is NULL at the same time, vma-\u003enumab_state will be\noverwritten.\n\nAlthough current code ensures that only one thread scans the VMAs in a\nsingle \u0027numa_scan_period\u0027, there might be a chance for another thread\nto enter in the next \u0027numa_scan_period\u0027 while we have not gotten till\nnumab_state allocation [1].\n\nNote that the command `/opt/ltp/testcases/bin/hackbench 50 process 1000`\ncannot the reproduce the issue. It is verified with 200+ test runs.\n\n[Solution]\nUse the cmpxchg atomic operation to ensure that only one thread executes\nthe vma-\u003enumab_state assignment.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1794be3c-358c-4cdc-a43d-a1f841d91ef7@amd.com/",
"id": "GHSA-qqv2-5qvx-v346",
"modified": "2025-01-08T18:30:47Z",
"published": "2024-12-27T15:31:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56613"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1b64e9a9b7ee9cfd32c6b2fab796e29bfed075"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f149bcc4d91ac92b32ff4949b291e6ed883dc42"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a71ddd5b87cda687efa28e049e85e923689bcef9"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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