{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-46788", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-09-11T15:12:18.278Z", "datePublished": "2024-09-18T07:12:44.352Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:38:34.219Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:38:34.219Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/osnoise: Use a cpumask to know what threads are kthreads\n\nThe start_kthread() and stop_thread() code was not always called with the\ninterface_lock held. This means that the kthread variable could be\nunexpectedly changed causing the kthread_stop() to be called on it when it\nshould not have been, leading to:\n\n while true; do\n rtla timerlat top -u -q & PID=$!;\n sleep 5;\n kill -INT $PID;\n sleep 0.001;\n kill -TERM $PID;\n wait $PID;\n done\n\nCausing the following OOPS:\n\n Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000002: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]\n CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 885 Comm: timerlatu/5 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc4-test-00002-gbc754cc76d1b-dirty #125 a533010b71dab205ad2f507188ce8c82203b0254\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n RIP: 0010:hrtimer_active+0x58/0x300\n Code: 48 c1 ee 03 41 54 48 01 d1 48 01 d6 55 53 48 83 ec 20 80 39 00 0f 85 30 02 00 00 49 8b 6f 30 4c 8d 75 10 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 <0f> b6 3c 10 4c 89 f0 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 40 38 f8 7c 09 40 84 ff 0f\n RSP: 0018:ffff88811d97f940 EFLAGS: 00010202\n RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: ffff88823c6b5b28 RCX: ffffed10478d6b6b\n RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffed10478d6b6c RDI: ffff88823c6b5b28\n RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff88823c6b5b58 R09: ffff88823c6b5b60\n R10: ffff88811d97f957 R11: 0000000000000010 R12: 00000000000a801d\n R13: ffff88810d8b35d8 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: ffff88823c6b5b28\n FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88823c680000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000561858ad7258 CR3: 000000007729e001 CR4: 0000000000170ef0\n Call Trace:\n \n ? die_addr+0x40/0xa0\n ? exc_general_protection+0x154/0x230\n ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30\n ? hrtimer_active+0x58/0x300\n ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_locks_remove_file+0x10/0x10\n hrtimer_cancel+0x15/0x40\n timerlat_fd_release+0x8e/0x1f0\n ? security_file_release+0x43/0x80\n __fput+0x372/0xb10\n task_work_run+0x11e/0x1f0\n ? _raw_spin_lock+0x85/0xe0\n ? __pfx_task_work_run+0x10/0x10\n ? poison_slab_object+0x109/0x170\n ? do_exit+0x7a0/0x24b0\n do_exit+0x7bd/0x24b0\n ? __pfx_migrate_enable+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_do_exit+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_read_tsc+0x10/0x10\n ? ktime_get+0x64/0x140\n ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x86/0xe0\n do_group_exit+0xb0/0x220\n get_signal+0x17ba/0x1b50\n ? vfs_read+0x179/0xa40\n ? timerlat_fd_read+0x30b/0x9d0\n ? __pfx_get_signal+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_timerlat_fd_read+0x10/0x10\n arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x8c/0x570\n ? __pfx_arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x10/0x10\n ? vfs_read+0x179/0xa40\n ? ksys_read+0xfe/0x1d0\n ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0xbc/0x130\n do_syscall_64+0x74/0x110\n ? __pfx___rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10\n ? fpregs_restore_userregs+0xdb/0x1e0\n ? fpregs_restore_userregs+0xdb/0x1e0\n ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x116/0x130\n ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x110\n ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x110\n ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x110\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79\n RIP: 0033:0x7ff0070eca9c\n Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7ff0070eca72.\n RSP: 002b:00007ff006dff8c0 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000\n RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: 00007ff0070eca9c\n RDX: 0000000000000400 RSI: 00007ff006dff9a0 RDI: 0000000000000003\n RBP: 00007ff006dffde0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ff000000ba0\n R10: 00007ff007004b08 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000003\n R13: 00007ff006dff9a0 R14: 0000000000000007 R15: 0000000000000008\n \n Modules linked in: snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_hda_core\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThis is because it would mistakenly call kthread_stop() on a user space\nthread making it \"exit\" before it actually exits.\n\nSince kthread\n---truncated---" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerability is reached entirely through local file operations on tracefs — writes to `current_tracer`/`osnoise/options`/`osnoise/cpus` and open/read/close of `osnoise/per_cpu/cpuN/timerlat_fd` — plus signals to the attacker's own threads. There is no remote or adjacent-network path.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race: one set of threads holds `timerlat_fd` open while another thread toggles the tracer/`OSN_WORKLOAD` option and delivers SIGINT/SIGTERM, and the upstream reproducer is a trivial `while true` shell loop that crashes the kernel within seconds. No condition beyond the attacker's control is required, and the needed `CONFIG_TIMERLAT_TRACER` is enabled in mainstream distribution kernels.\nPR:L - The code path contains no `capable()`/CAP_SYS_ADMIN or LSM check whatsoever — the only gate is tracefs file permissions (`0640` write / `0440` read), and tracefs supports `gid=`/`mode=` mount options that RT/HPC hosts running `rtla`, Android/Perfetto trace collectors, and ChromeOS commonly use to grant tracing to an unprivileged group. In such standard deployments an ordinary unprivileged user in that group can perform every step of the attack.\nUI:N - The attacker's own processes perform all the required actions — opening timerlat_fd, flipping the tracer option, and signalling their own threads. No victim interaction of any kind is needed.\nS:U - The corruption is confined to kernel objects (`task_struct`, `struct kthread`, per-CPU timerlat hrtimer state) within the same kernel security authority. No VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - Calling `kthread_stop()` on a user task plus the unsynchronized `put_task_struct()`/`kthread` clearing produces a `task_struct` refcount underflow and use-after-free (confirmed by the sibling fixes 5bfbcd1ee57b and e6a53481da29 for the same regression). A UAF lets the attacker reclaim the freed slab object with controlled data and read back kernel memory, giving high confidentiality impact.\nI:H - The same premature-free condition yields a write primitive: freed `task_struct`/`kthread`/hrtimer objects are reused while stale kernel paths (`set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, ...)`, `hrtimer_cancel()`, completion wakeups) still write through them, enabling heap grooming and control-flow hijack. Use-after-free of scheduler-adjacent structures is a high-integrity impact.\nA:H - The bug reproducibly produces a kernel oops — the upstream report shows a general protection fault in `hrtimer_active()` from `timerlat_fd_release()`, and `kthread_stop()` on a user task additionally dereferences a NULL `worker_private`. It can be triggered repeatedly in a loop, panicking the machine." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e88ed227f639ebcb31ed4e5b88756b47d904584b", "lessThan": "7a5f01828edf152c144d27cf63de446fdf2dc222", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e88ed227f639ebcb31ed4e5b88756b47d904584b", "lessThan": "27282d2505b402f39371fd60d19d95c01a4b6776", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e88ed227f639ebcb31ed4e5b88756b47d904584b", "lessThan": "177e1cc2f41235c145041eed03ef5bab18f32328", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.5", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.51", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.10.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.51" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.10.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.11" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a5f01828edf152c144d27cf63de446fdf2dc222" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27282d2505b402f39371fd60d19d95c01a4b6776" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177e1cc2f41235c145041eed03ef5bab18f32328" } ], "title": "tracing/osnoise: Use a cpumask to know what threads are kthreads", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2024-09-29T14:28:37.138959Z", "id": "CVE-2024-46788", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-29T14:28:52.086Z" } } ] } }