CVE-2024-42152

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in NVMe Target Subsystem

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a possible leak when destroy a ctrl during qp establishment In nvmet_sq_destroy we capture sq->ctrl early and if it is non-NULL we know that a ctrl was allocated (in the admin connect request handler) and we need to release pending AERs, clear ctrl->sqs and sq->ctrl (for nvme-loop primarily), and drop the final reference on the ctrl. However, a small window is possible where nvmet_sq_destroy starts (as a result of the client giving up and disconnecting) concurrently with the nvme admin connect cmd (which may be in an early stage). But *before* kill_and_confirm of sq->ref (i.e. the admin connect managed to get an sq live reference). In this case, sq->ctrl was allocated however after it was captured in a local variable in nvmet_sq_destroy. This prevented the final reference drop on the ctrl. Solve this by re-capturing the sq->ctrl after all inflight request has completed, where for sure sq->ctrl reference is final, and move forward based on that. This issue was observed in an environment with many hosts connecting multiple ctrls simoutanuosly, creating a delay in allocating a ctrl leading up to this race window.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.163linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.98linux
linux/Kernel 5.6.0 - 5.10.222linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.39linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.9linux
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 0f5be6a4ff7b3f8bf3db15f904e3e76797a43d9a - 2f3c22b1d3d7e86712253244797a651998c141fa
Linux/Linux 0f5be6a4ff7b3f8bf3db15f904e3e76797a43d9a - 5502c1f1d0d7472706cc1f201aecf1c935d302d1
Linux/Linux 0f5be6a4ff7b3f8bf3db15f904e3e76797a43d9a - 818004f2a380420c19872171be716174d4985e33
Linux/Linux 0f5be6a4ff7b3f8bf3db15f904e3e76797a43d9a - 940a71f08ef153ef807f751310b0648d1fa5d0da
... and 11 more
Published Jul 30, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026