CVE-2024-53167

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.11-6.11.10, 6.12-6.12.1, 6.13 - NULL Pointer Dereference in NFS Blocklayout Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/blocklayout: Don't attempt unregister for invalid block device Since commit d869da91cccb ("nfs/blocklayout: Fix premature PR key unregistration") an unmount of a pNFS SCSI layout-enabled NFS may dereference a NULL block_device in: bl_unregister_scsi+0x16/0xe0 [blocklayoutdriver] bl_free_device+0x70/0x80 [blocklayoutdriver] bl_free_deviceid_node+0x12/0x30 [blocklayoutdriver] nfs4_put_deviceid_node+0x60/0xc0 [nfsv4] nfs4_deviceid_purge_client+0x132/0x190 [nfsv4] unset_pnfs_layoutdriver+0x59/0x60 [nfsv4] nfs4_destroy_server+0x36/0x70 [nfsv4] nfs_free_server+0x23/0xe0 [nfs] deactivate_locked_super+0x30/0xb0 cleanup_mnt+0xba/0x150 task_work_run+0x59/0x90 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x217/0x220 do_syscall_64+0x8e/0x160 This happens because even though we were able to create the nfs4_deviceid_node, the lookup for the device was unable to attach the block device to the pnfs_block_dev. If we never found a block device to register, we can avoid this case with the PNFS_BDEV_REGISTERED flag. Move the deref behind the test for the flag.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 17.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.11.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.2linux
Linux/Linux < 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.11.11 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.2 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux d869da91cccb90320e101a2758f1e2b3803ade5c - 3402704a424f34bbcca7f4a4503859357f422217
Linux/Linux d869da91cccb90320e101a2758f1e2b3803ade5c - 3a4ce14d9a6b868e0787e4582420b721c04ee41e
Linux/Linux d869da91cccb90320e101a2758f1e2b3803ade5c - faa4bacfaeed827a4ca8cb8529a3ce65a9e8ef46
... and 1 more
Published Dec 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026