# CVE-2024-56672: blk-cgroup: Fix UAF in blkcg\_unpin\_online()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.234, 5.15.177, 6.1.121, 6.6.67, 6.12.6
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 4308a434e5e08c78676aa66bc626ef78cbef0883, fixed in 83f5a87ee8caa76a917f59912a74d6811f773c67; from 4308a434e5e08c78676aa66bc626ef78cbef0883, fixed in 8a07350fe070017a887433f4d6909433955be5f1; from 4308a434e5e08c78676aa66bc626ef78cbef0883, fixed in 64afc6fe24c9896c0153e5a199bcea241ecb0d5c; from 4308a434e5e08c78676aa66bc626ef78cbef0883, fixed in 5baa28569c924d9a90d036c2aaab79f791fedaf8; from 4308a434e5e08c78676aa66bc626ef78cbef0883, fixed in 29d1e06560f0f6179062ac638b4064deb637d1ad; from 4308a434e5e08c78676aa66bc626ef78cbef0883, fixed in 86e6ca55b83c575ab0f2e105cf08f98e58d3d7af
- Linux: 5.7
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.7.0, fixed in 5.10.234; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.177; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.121; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.67; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: Fix UAF in blkcg_unpin_online() blkcg_unpin_online() walks up the blkcg hierarchy putting the online pin. To walk up, it uses blkcg_parent(blkcg) but it was calling that after blkcg_destroy_blkgs(blkcg) which could free the blkcg, leading to the following UAF: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blkcg_unpin_online+0x15a/0x270 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881057678c0 by task kworker/9:1/117 CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 117 Comm: kworker/9:1 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-work-00182-gb8f52214c61a-dirty #48 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 Workqueue: cgwb_release cgwb_release_workfn Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x27/0x80 print_report+0x151/0x710 kasan_report+0xc0/0x100 blkcg_unpin_online+0x15a/0x270 cgwb_release_workfn+0x194/0x480 process_scheduled_works+0x71b/0xe20 worker_thread+0x82a/0xbd0 kthread+0x242/0x2c0 ret_from_fork+0x33/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> ... Freed by task 1944: kasan_save_track+0x2b/0x70 kasan_save_free_info+0x3c/0x50 __kasan_slab_free+0x33/0x50 kfree+0x10c/0x330 css_free_rwork_fn+0xe6/0xb30 process_scheduled_works+0x71b/0xe20 worker_thread+0x82a/0xbd0 kthread+0x242/0x2c0 ret_from_fork+0x33/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Note that the UAF is not easy to trigger as the free path is indirected behind a couple RCU grace periods and a work item execution. I could only trigger it with artifical msleep() injected in blkcg_unpin_online(). Fix it by reading the parent pointer before destroying the blkcg's blkg's.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.234, 5.15.177, 6.1.121, 6.6.67, 6.12.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f5a87ee8caa76a917f59912a74d6811f773c67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a07350fe070017a887433f4d6909433955be5f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64afc6fe24c9896c0153e5a199bcea241ecb0d5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5baa28569c924d9a90d036c2aaab79f791fedaf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d1e06560f0f6179062ac638b4064deb637d1ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86e6ca55b83c575ab0f2e105cf08f98e58d3d7af

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