CVE-2024-48881
Published: January 13, 2025Last modified: January 13, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR again Commit 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in node allocations") leads a NULL pointer deference in cache_set_flush(). 1721 if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(c->root)) 1722 list_add(&c->root->list, &c->btree_cache); >From the above code in cache_set_flush(), if previous registration code fails before allocating c->root, it is possible c->root is NULL as what it is initialized. __bch_btree_node_alloc() never returns NULL but c->root is possible to be NULL at above line 1721. This patch replaces IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to fix this.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.33-r0) |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.6.66-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336e30f32ae7c043fde0f6fa21586ff30bea9fe2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4379c5828492a4c2a651c8f826a01453bd2b80b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5202391970ffbf81975251b3526b890ba027b715
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e0e913624bcd24f3de414475018d3023f060ee1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2e382ae12a63560fca35050498e19e760adf8c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc05aa2c0117e20fa25a3c0d915f98b8f2e78667
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5fee35bdd18316a84b5f30881a24e1415e1464