CVE-2024-35955
Published: May 20, 2024
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes: Fix possible use-after-free issue on kprobe registration When unloading a module, its state is changing MODULE_STATE_LIVE -> MODULE_STATE_GOING -> MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. Each change will take a time. `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()` works with MODULE_STATE_LIVE and MODULE_STATE_GOING. If we use `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()` separately, there is a chance that the first one is succeeded but the next one is failed because module->state becomes MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED between those operations. In `check_kprobe_address_safe()`, if the second `__module_text_address()` is failed, that is ignored because it expected a kernel_text address. But it may have failed simply because module->state has been changed to MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. In this case, arm_kprobe() will try to modify non-exist module text address (use-after-free). To fix this problem, we should not use separated `is_module_text_address()` and `__module_text_address()`, but use only `__module_text_address()` once and do `try_module_get(module)` which is only available with MODULE_STATE_LIVE.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 1c836bad43f3e2ff71cc397a6e6ccb4e7bd116f8 - < b5808d40093403334d939e2c3c417144d12a6f33affected 6a119c1a584aa7a2c6216458f1f272bf1bc93a93 - < 93eb31e7c3399e326259f2caa17be1e821f5a412affected 2a49b025c36ae749cee7ccc4b7e456e02539cdc3 - < 5062d1f4f07facbdade0f402d9a04a788f52e26daffected a1edb85e60fdab1e14db63ae8af8db3f0d798fb6 - < 2df2dd27066cdba8041e46a64362325626bdfb2eaffected 28f6c37a2910f565b4f5960df52b2eccae28c891 - < 62029bc9ff2c17a4e3a2478d83418ec575413808+13 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.0unaffected 0 - < 6.0unaffected 4.19.313 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.275 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.216 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
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