CVE-2024-26946

Published: May 2, 2024Last modified: May 2, 2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported the case if user specifies inaccessible data area, arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic. [ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

Status

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20fdb21eabaeb8f78f8f701f56d14ea0836ec861
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e51653d5d871f40f1bd5cf95cc7f2d8b33d063b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6417684315087904fffe8966d27ca74398c57dd6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69f577308f1070004cafac106dd1a44099e5483
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13edd1871d4fb4ab829aff629d47914e251bae3