Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error
If the ata_port_alloc() call in ata_host_alloc() fails, ata_host_release() will get called.
However, the code in ata_host_release() tries to free ata_port struct members unconditionally, which can lead to the following:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000003990 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 10 PID: 594 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #44 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:ata_host_release.cold+0x2f/0x6e [libata] Code: e4 4d 63 f4 44 89 e2 48 c7 c6 90 ad 32 c0 48 c7 c7 d0 70 33 c0 49 83 c6 0e 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000ebb968 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000041 RBX: ffff88810fb52e78 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88813b3218c0 RDI: ffff88813b3218c0 RBP: ffff88810fb52e40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 6c65725f74736f68 R10: ffffc90000ebb738 R11: 73692033203a746e R12: 0000000000000004 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000011 R15: 0000000000000006 FS: 00007f6cc55b9980(0000) GS:ffff88813b300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000003990 CR3: 00000001122a2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27 ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x2f0 ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x180 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? ata_host_release.cold+0x2f/0x6e [libata] ? ata_host_release.cold+0x2f/0x6e [libata] release_nodes+0x35/0xb0 devres_release_group+0x113/0x140 ata_host_alloc+0xed/0x120 [libata] ata_host_alloc_pinfo+0x14/0xa0 [libata] ahci_init_one+0x6c9/0xd20 [ahci]
Do not access ata_port struct members unconditionally.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Debian 11 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 3.10.0 (+20 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | Released |
24 kernels
|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | Planned | — |
| Amazon Linux 2 5.4 | Released |
54 kernels
|
| Debian 11 | Planned | — |
| Debian 11 cloud | Planned | — |
| Debian 12 | Released |
16 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 7 UEK 6 | Released |
108 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 8 UEK 6 | Released |
109 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 8 UEK 7 | Ready For Release | — |
| Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 | Ready For Release | — |
| Proxmox VE 7 5.15 | Released |
47 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 Azure Focal | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 HWE Focal | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 AWS | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 GCP | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE AWS | Released |
48 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Azure | Released |
31 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Released |
61 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Released |
55 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Released |
51 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |