| Name | CVE-2024-40935 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD In ondemand mode, when the daemon is processing an open request, if the kernel flags the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, the cachefiles_daemon_write() will always return -EIO, so the daemon can't pass the copen to the kernel. Then the kernel process that is waiting for the copen triggers a hung_task. Since the DEAD state is irreversible, it can only be exited by closing /dev/cachefiles. Therefore, after calling cachefiles_io_error() to mark the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, if in ondemand mode, flush all requests to avoid the above hungtask. We may still be able to read some of the cached data before closing the fd of /dev/cachefiles. Note that this relies on the patch that adds reference counting to the req, otherwise it may UAF. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4008-1, DSA-5731-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.123-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.128-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.12-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.12.16-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.1 (PTS) | bullseye (security) | 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.99-1 | DSA-5731-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.9.7-1 | |||
| linux-6.1 | source | bullseye | 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 | DLA-4008-1 |
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/85e833cd7243bda7285492b0653c3abb1e2e757b (6.10-rc4)