In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: aio: fix use-after-free due to missing POLLFREE handling signalfd_poll() and binder_poll() are special in that they use a waitqueue whose lifetime is the current task, rather than the struct file as is normally the case. This is okay for blocking polls, since a blocking poll occurs within one task; however, non-blocking polls require another solution. This solution is for the queue to be cleared before it is freed, by sending a POLLFREE notification to all waiters. Unfortunately, only eventpoll handles POLLFREE. A second type of non-blocking poll, aio poll, was added in kernel v4.18, and it doesn't handle POLLFREE. This allows a use-after-free to occur if a signalfd or binder fd is polled with aio poll, and the waitqueue gets freed. Fix this by making aio poll handle POLLFREE. A patch by Ramji Jiyani <ramjiyani@google.com> (https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211027011834.2497484-1-ramjiyani@google.com) tried to do this by making aio_poll_wake() always complete the request inline if POLLFREE is seen. However, that solution had two bugs. First, it introduced a deadlock, as it unconditionally locked the aio context while holding the waitqueue lock, which inverts the normal locking order. Second, it didn't consider that POLLFREE notifications are missed while the request has been temporarily de-queued. The second problem was solved by my previous patch. This patch then properly fixes the use-after-free by handling POLLFREE in a deadlock-free way. It does this by taking advantage of the fact that freeing of the waitqueue is RCU-delayed, similar to what eventpoll does.
History

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-05-24T15:01:52.088Z

Updated: 2024-11-04T12:07:13.673Z

Reserved: 2024-05-22T06:20:56.205Z

Link: CVE-2021-47505

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.807Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-24T15:15:11.000

Modified: 2024-05-24T18:09:20.027

Link: CVE-2021-47505

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47505 - Bugzilla