{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2024-57877", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-01-11T14:45:42.023Z", "datePublished": "2025-01-11T14:49:03.297Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-01-11T14:49:03.297Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-01-11T14:49:03.297Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: ptrace: fix partial SETREGSET for NT_ARM_POE\n\nCurrently poe_set() doesn't initialize the temporary 'ctrl' variable,\nand a SETREGSET call with a length of zero will leave this\nuninitialized. Consequently an arbitrary value will be written back to\ntarget->thread.por_el0, potentially leaking up to 64 bits of memory from\nthe kernel stack. The read is limited to a specific slot on the stack,\nand the issue does not provide a write mechanism.\n\nFix this by initializing the temporary value before copying the regset\nfrom userspace, as for other regsets (e.g. NT_PRSTATUS, NT_PRFPREG,\nNT_ARM_SYSTEM_CALL). In the case of a zero-length write, the existing\ncontents of POR_EL1 will be retained.\n\nBefore this patch:\n\n| # ./poe-test\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n|\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length)\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0xffff8000839c3d50\n\nAfter this patch:\n\n| # ./poe-test\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n|\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length)\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c"], "versions": [{"version": "17519819926211e6b2834e00e4554bec0daf22ac", "lessThan": "4105dd76bc8ad6529d47157ef0565cb84ca6676c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "17519819926211e6b2834e00e4554bec0daf22ac", "lessThan": "594bfc4947c4fcabba1318d8384c61a29a6b89fb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.13-rc2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4105dd76bc8ad6529d47157ef0565cb84ca6676c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594bfc4947c4fcabba1318d8384c61a29a6b89fb"}], "title": "arm64: ptrace: fix partial SETREGSET for NT_ARM_POE", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-5f407fcff5a0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: ptrace: fix partial SETREGSET for NT_ARM_POE\n\nCurrently poe_set() doesn't initialize the temporary 'ctrl' variable,\nand a SETREGSET call with a length of zero will leave this\nuninitialized. Consequently an arbitrary value will be written back to\ntarget->thread.por_el0, potentially leaking up to 64 bits of memory from\nthe kernel stack. The read is limited to a specific slot on the stack,\nand the issue does not provide a write mechanism.\n\nFix this by initializing the temporary value before copying the regset\nfrom userspace, as for other regsets (e.g. NT_PRSTATUS, NT_PRFPREG,\nNT_ARM_SYSTEM_CALL). In the case of a zero-length write, the existing\ncontents of POR_EL1 will be retained.\n\nBefore this patch:\n\n| # ./poe-test\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n|\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length)\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0xffff8000839c3d50\n\nAfter this patch:\n\n| # ./poe-test\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n|\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length)\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d"}], "id": "CVE-2024-57877", "lastModified": "2025-01-11T15:15:08.063", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-01-11T15:15:08.063", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4105dd76bc8ad6529d47157ef0565cb84ca6676c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594bfc4947c4fcabba1318d8384c61a29a6b89fb"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: arm64: ptrace: fix partial SETREGSET for NT_ARM_POE", "id": "2337355", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337355"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\narm64: ptrace: fix partial SETREGSET for NT_ARM_POE\nCurrently poe_set() doesn't initialize the temporary 'ctrl' variable,\nand a SETREGSET call with a length of zero will leave this\nuninitialized. Consequently an arbitrary value will be written back to\ntarget->thread.por_el0, potentially leaking up to 64 bits of memory from\nthe kernel stack. The read is limited to a specific slot on the stack,\nand the issue does not provide a write mechanism.\nFix this by initializing the temporary value before copying the regset\nfrom userspace, as for other regsets (e.g. NT_PRSTATUS, NT_PRFPREG,\nNT_ARM_SYSTEM_CALL). In the case of a zero-length write, the existing\ncontents of POR_EL1 will be retained.\nBefore this patch:\n| # ./poe-test\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n|\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length)\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0xffff8000839c3d50\nAfter this patch:\n| # ./poe-test\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d\n|\n| Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length)\n| SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes\n|\n| Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0\n| GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes\n| Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d"], "name": "CVE-2024-57877", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-01-11T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57877\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57877\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025011108-CVE-2024-57877-ee49@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}