{"resultsPerPage":1,"startIndex":0,"totalResults":1,"format":"NVD_CVE","version":"2.0","timestamp":"2026-05-14T01:36:36.618","vulnerabilities":[{"cve":{"id":"CVE-2021-47118","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","published":"2024-03-15T21:15:06.943","lastModified":"2025-02-27T03:22:28.347","vulnStatus":"Analyzed","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npid: take a reference when initializing `cad_pid`\n\nDuring boot, kernel_init_freeable() initializes `cad_pid` to the init\ntask's struct pid.  Later on, we may change `cad_pid` via a sysctl, and\nwhen this happens proc_do_cad_pid() will increment the refcount on the\nnew pid via get_pid(), and will decrement the refcount on the old pid\nvia put_pid().  As we never called get_pid() when we initialized\n`cad_pid`, we decrement a reference we never incremented, can therefore\nfree the init task's struct pid early.  As there can be dangling\nreferences to the struct pid, we can later encounter a use-after-free\n(e.g.  when delivering signals).\n\nThis was spotted when fuzzing v5.13-rc3 with Syzkaller, but seems to\nhave been around since the conversion of `cad_pid` to struct pid in\ncommit 9ec52099e4b8 (\"[PATCH] replace cad_pid by a struct pid\") from the\npre-KASAN stone age of v2.6.19.\n\nFix this by getting a reference to the init task's struct pid when we\nassign it to `cad_pid`.\n\nFull KASAN splat below.\n\n   ==================================================================\n   BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ns_of_pid include/linux/pid.h:153 [inline]\n   BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in task_active_pid_ns+0xc0/0xc8 kernel/pid.c:509\n   Read of size 4 at addr ffff23794dda0004 by task syz-executor.0/273\n\n   CPU: 1 PID: 273 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 5.12.0-00001-g9aef892b2d15 #1\n   Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n   Call trace:\n    ns_of_pid include/linux/pid.h:153 [inline]\n    task_active_pid_ns+0xc0/0xc8 kernel/pid.c:509\n    do_notify_parent+0x308/0xe60 kernel/signal.c:1950\n    exit_notify kernel/exit.c:682 [inline]\n    do_exit+0x2334/0x2bd0 kernel/exit.c:845\n    do_group_exit+0x108/0x2c8 kernel/exit.c:922\n    get_signal+0x4e4/0x2a88 kernel/signal.c:2781\n    do_signal arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:882 [inline]\n    do_notify_resume+0x300/0x970 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:936\n    work_pending+0xc/0x2dc\n\n   Allocated by task 0:\n    slab_post_alloc_hook+0x50/0x5c0 mm/slab.h:516\n    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2907 [inline]\n    slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2915 [inline]\n    kmem_cache_alloc+0x1f4/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:2920\n    alloc_pid+0xdc/0xc00 kernel/pid.c:180\n    copy_process+0x2794/0x5e18 kernel/fork.c:2129\n    kernel_clone+0x194/0x13c8 kernel/fork.c:2500\n    kernel_thread+0xd4/0x110 kernel/fork.c:2552\n    rest_init+0x44/0x4a0 init/main.c:687\n    arch_call_rest_init+0x1c/0x28\n    start_kernel+0x520/0x554 init/main.c:1064\n    0x0\n\n   Freed by task 270:\n    slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1562 [inline]\n    slab_free_freelist_hook+0x98/0x260 mm/slub.c:1600\n    slab_free mm/slub.c:3161 [inline]\n    kmem_cache_free+0x224/0x8e0 mm/slub.c:3177\n    put_pid.part.4+0xe0/0x1a8 kernel/pid.c:114\n    put_pid+0x30/0x48 kernel/pid.c:109\n    proc_do_cad_pid+0x190/0x1b0 kernel/sysctl.c:1401\n    proc_sys_call_handler+0x338/0x4b0 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:591\n    proc_sys_write+0x34/0x48 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:617\n    call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1977 [inline]\n    new_sync_write+0x3ac/0x510 fs/read_write.c:518\n    vfs_write fs/read_write.c:605 [inline]\n    vfs_write+0x9c4/0x1018 fs/read_write.c:585\n    ksys_write+0x124/0x240 fs/read_write.c:658\n    __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:670 [inline]\n    __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:667 [inline]\n    __arm64_sys_write+0x78/0xb0 fs/read_write.c:667\n    __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:37 [inline]\n    invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49 [inline]\n    el0_svc_common.constprop.1+0x16c/0x388 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:129\n    do_el0_svc+0xf8/0x150 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:168\n    el0_svc+0x28/0x38 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:416\n    el0_sync_handler+0x134/0x180 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:432\n    el0_sync+0x154/0x180 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:701\n\n   The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff23794dda0000\n    which belongs to the cache pid of size 224\n   The buggy address is located 4 bytes inside of\n    224-byte region [ff\n---truncated---"},{"lang":"es","value":"En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: pid: toma una referencia al inicializar `cad_pid` Durante el arranque, kernel_init_freeable() inicializa `cad_pid` en la estructura pid de la tarea de inicio. Más adelante, podemos cambiar `cad_pid` mediante un sysctl, y cuando esto suceda, proc_do_cad_pid() incrementará el recuento en el nuevo pid mediante get_pid(), y disminuirá el recuento en el pid antiguo mediante put_pid(). Como nunca llamamos a get_pid() cuando inicializamos `cad_pid`, disminuimos una referencia que nunca incrementamos, por lo que podemos liberar la estructura pid de la tarea de inicio antes. Como puede haber referencias pendientes a la estructura pid, más adelante podemos encontrarnos con un use-after-free (por ejemplo, al entregar señales). Esto se detectó al fusionar v5.13-rc3 con Syzkaller, pero parece haber existido desde la conversión de `cad_pid` a struct pid en el commit 9ec52099e4b8 (\"[PATCH] reemplaza cad_pid por una estructura pid\") del pre-KASAN edad de piedra de v2.6.19. Solucione este problema obteniendo una referencia a la estructura pid de la tarea de inicio cuando la asignamos a `cad_pid`. Símbolo completo de KASAN a continuación. ==================================================== ================ ERROR: KASAN: use-after-free en ns_of_pid include/linux/pid.h:153 [en línea] ERROR: KASAN: use-after-free en task_active_pid_ns +0xc0/0xc8 kernel/pid.c:509 Lectura de tamaño 4 en addr ffff23794dda0004 por tarea syz-executor.0/273 CPU: 1 PID: 273 Comm: syz-executor.0 No contaminado 5.12.0-00001-g9aef892b2d15 # 1 Nombre del hardware: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Rastreo de llamadas: ns_of_pid include/linux/pid.h:153 [en línea] task_active_pid_ns+0xc0/0xc8 kernel/pid.c:509 do_notify_parent+0x308/0xe60 kernel/signal.c :1950 exit_notify kernel/exit.c:682 [en línea] do_exit+0x2334/0x2bd0 kernel/exit.c:845 do_group_exit+0x108/0x2c8 kernel/exit.c:922 get_signal+0x4e4/0x2a88 kernel/signal.c:2781 do_signal arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:882 [en línea] do_notify_resume+0x300/0x970 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:936 work_pending+0xc/0x2dc Asignado por tarea 0: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x50/0x5c0 mm/slab.h :516 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2907 [en línea] slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2915 [en línea] kmem_cache_alloc+0x1f4/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:2920 alloc_pid+0xdc/0xc00 kernel/pid.c:180 copy_process+ 0x2794/0x5e18 kernel/fork.c:2129 kernel_clone+0x194/0x13c8 kernel/fork.c:2500 kernel_thread+0xd4/0x110 kernel/fork.c:2552 rest_init+0x44/0x4a0 init/main.c:687 arch_call_rest_init+0x1c/ 0x28 start_kernel+0x520/0x554 init/main.c:1064 0x0 Liberado por la tarea 270: slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1562 [en línea] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x98/0x260 mm/slub.c:1600 slab_free mm/slub.c:3161 [en línea] kmem_cache_free+0x224/0x8e0 mm/slub.c:3177 put_pid.part.4+0xe0/0x1a8 kernel/pid.c:114 put_pid+0x30/0x48 kernel/pid.c:109 proc_do_cad_pid+0x190/0x1b0 kernel/ sysctl.c:1401 proc_sys_call_handler+0x338/0x4b0 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:591 proc_sys_write+0x34/0x48 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:617 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1977 [en línea] new_sync_write+0x3ac/ 0x510 fs/read_write.c:518 vfs_write fs/read_write.c:605 [en línea] vfs_write+0x9c4/0x1018 fs/read_write.c:585 ksys_write+0x124/0x240 fs/read_write.c:658 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c: 670 [en línea] __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:667 [en línea] __arm64_sys_write+0x78/0xb0 fs/read_write.c:667 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:37 [en línea] invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall .c:49 [en línea] el0_svc_common.constprop.1+0x16c/0x388 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:129 do_el0_svc+0xf8/0x150 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:168 el0_svc+0x28/0x38 arch/ arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:416 el0_sync_handler+0x134/0x180 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:432 el0_sync+0x154/0x180 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:701 La dirección del error pertenece a el objeto en ffff23794dda0000 que pertenece al pid de caché de tamaño 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