Bug 2281731 (CVE-2024-35874)

Summary:	CVE-2024-35874 kernel: aio: Fix null ptr deref in aio_complete() wakeup
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 6.8.5, kernel 6.9	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel that causes a NULL pointer dereference in the `aio_complete()` function during a wakeup operation. The issue arises because `finish_wait()` may skip locking if it encounters an empty list head. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference when attempting a wakeup after the task structure pointer is overwritten.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2281732
Bug Blocks:	2281792

Description ybuenos 2024-05-20 13:10:36 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

aio: Fix null ptr deref in aio_complete() wakeup

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-35874 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051942-CVE-2024-35874-c494@gregkh/T

Comment 1 ybuenos 2024-05-20 13:11:16 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2281732]

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 14:28:44 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-35874 is: 	SKIP	The Fixes patch not applied yet, so unlikely that actual: 71eb6b6b0ba93b1467bccff57b5de746b09113d2	YES			NO	NO	unknown	 (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).