tracing/syscalls: Use copy_from_user for the faultable syscall buffer
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- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
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- Published
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- Not listed in CISA KEV
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- 25/100 · provisional
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- Unclear
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- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Linux kernel's syscall tracing facility (tracing/syscalls) is affected, specifically the code that copies user-supplied buffers for system calls such as write and pwrite64. Missing address validation could let a non-user memory address be read during tracing, which is mainly a concern on systems that grant perf access broadly.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/syscalls: Use copy_from_user for the faultable syscall buffer syscall_copy_user_array() copies the buffer argument of faultable syscalls (write, pwrite64, ...) with __copy_from_user(), which skips access_ok(). Use copy_from_user() instead so a non-user address is rejected and the entry is recorded as faulted. It could be a security concern for machines that trust perf a bit too much.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
6.19
Evidence 2
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Corrections
None so far.
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