GHSA-RXH5-6Q4F-CFWP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-27 15:31 – Updated: 2025-03-24 18:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
zram: fix NULL pointer in comp_algorithm_show()
LTP reported a NULL pointer dereference as followed:
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 5995 Comm: cat Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6+ #3 Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 pstate: 40400005 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __pi_strcmp+0x24/0x140 lr : zcomp_available_show+0x60/0x100 [zram] sp : ffff800088b93b90 x29: ffff800088b93b90 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: 0000000000400cc0 x26: 0000000000000ffe x25: ffff80007b3e2388 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: ffff80007b3e2390 x22: ffff0004041a9000 x21: ffff80007b3e2900 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff80007b3e2900 x9 : ffff80007b3cb280 x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00656c722d6f7a6c x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff80007b3e2900 x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: __pi_strcmp+0x24/0x140 comp_algorithm_show+0x40/0x70 [zram] dev_attr_show+0x28/0x80 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x90/0x140 kernfs_seq_show+0x34/0x48 seq_read_iter+0x1d4/0x4e8 kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x40/0x58 new_sync_read+0x9c/0x168 vfs_read+0x1a8/0x1f8 ksys_read+0x74/0x108 __arm64_sys_read+0x24/0x38 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x38/0x138 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc8 el0t_64_sync+0x188/0x190
The zram->comp_algs[ZRAM_PRIMARY_COMP] can be NULL in zram_add() if comp_algorithm_set() has not been called. User can access the zram device by sysfs after device_add_disk(), so there is a time window to trigger the NULL pointer dereference. Move it ahead device_add_disk() to make sure when user can access the zram device, it is ready. comp_algorithm_set() is protected by zram->init_lock in other places and no such problem.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-53222"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-27T14:15:30Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nzram: fix NULL pointer in comp_algorithm_show()\n\nLTP reported a NULL pointer dereference as followed:\n\n CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 5995 Comm: cat Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6+ #3\n Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n pstate: 40400005 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : __pi_strcmp+0x24/0x140\n lr : zcomp_available_show+0x60/0x100 [zram]\n sp : ffff800088b93b90\n x29: ffff800088b93b90 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: 0000000000400cc0\n x26: 0000000000000ffe x25: ffff80007b3e2388 x24: 0000000000000000\n x23: ffff80007b3e2390 x22: ffff0004041a9000 x21: ffff80007b3e2900\n x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000\n x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000\n x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000\n x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff80007b3e2900 x9 : ffff80007b3cb280\n x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000\n x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00656c722d6f7a6c\n x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff80007b3e2900 x0 : 0000000000000000\n Call trace:\n __pi_strcmp+0x24/0x140\n comp_algorithm_show+0x40/0x70 [zram]\n dev_attr_show+0x28/0x80\n sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x90/0x140\n kernfs_seq_show+0x34/0x48\n seq_read_iter+0x1d4/0x4e8\n kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x40/0x58\n new_sync_read+0x9c/0x168\n vfs_read+0x1a8/0x1f8\n ksys_read+0x74/0x108\n __arm64_sys_read+0x24/0x38\n invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120\n el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0\n do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38\n el0_svc+0x38/0x138\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc8\n el0t_64_sync+0x188/0x190\n\nThe zram-\u003ecomp_algs[ZRAM_PRIMARY_COMP] can be NULL in zram_add() if\ncomp_algorithm_set() has not been called. User can access the zram device\nby sysfs after device_add_disk(), so there is a time window to trigger the\nNULL pointer dereference. Move it ahead device_add_disk() to make sure\nwhen user can access the zram device, it is ready. comp_algorithm_set()\nis protected by zram-\u003einit_lock in other places and no such problem.",
"id": "GHSA-rxh5-6q4f-cfwp",
"modified": "2025-03-24T18:30:46Z",
"published": "2024-12-27T15:31:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53222"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/843d366ff19708668d95cda16bb8aba109a93dba"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7ee791e538537b281f60945298796f0a3971bbd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f364cdeb38938f9d03061682b8ff3779dd1730e5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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