🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 exit 과정에서 thread_pid에 대한 참조를 적절히 유지하지 않아 발생하는 Use-After-Free 취약점입니다. 특정 조건에서 RCU 콜백이 PID 객체를 먼저 해제할 수 있어 커널 메모리 오류를 유발합니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
컴퓨터의 프로세스가 종료될 때, 사용 중인 번호표(PID)를 아직 다른 곳에서 쓰고 있는데 번호표를 먼저 버려버려서 발생하는 문제입니다. 이로 인해 시스템이 갑자기 멈추거나 오류가 발생할 수 있습니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
exit: hold a reference to thread_pid across proc_flush_pid
Commit 0a36bad01731 ("release_task: kill the no longer needed
get/put_pid(thread_pid)") removed the reference around proc_flush_pid().
It assumed that free_pids(post.pids) at the end of release_task() would
keep thread_pid alive until then.
That assumption is wrong. __change_pid() only records a detached PID in
post.pids when pid_has_task() is false for every PIDTYPE. If another task
still uses the exiting task's PID as its process group or session ID,
__unhash_process() removes the exiting task's PIDTYPE_PID link but leaves
the PID out of post.pids. release_task() therefore holds no reference to
it after dropping tasklist_lock.
The other task can then remove the remaining PIDTYPE links. Its
free_pids() call schedules delayed_put_pid(), and the RCU callback can free
the PID before the first release_task() reaches proc_flush_pid().
An unprivileged reproducer races wait4(-1) against setsid() to trigger this
ordering. Three of three fresh v7.2 KASAN boots reported:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in
proc_invalidate_siblings_dcache+0x3e2/0x3f0
Read of size 8 by task h7_pid_reaper/1921
Call Trace:
proc_invalidate_siblings_dcache
release_task
wait_consider_task
__do_wait
do_wait
kernel_wait4
Freed by task 0:
kmem_cache_free
put_pid
delayed_put_pid
rcu_core
Last potentially related work creation:
__call_rcu_common
free_pids
ksys_setsid
KASAN identified a 144-byte object from the pid cache and located the bad
read 80 bytes into the freed object, matching pid->inodes. With an
explicit reference, three of three fresh boots completed without a KASAN
report. The concurrent RCU callback dropped its reference while
proc_flush_pid() was protected, and the balancing put_pid() performed the
final free afterward.
Take a reference before __unhash_process() clears p->thread_pid and release
it after proc_flush_pid() completes.
A tested source reproducer is available privately on request. No
controlled read or write, information leak, or privilege escalation is
claimed. The mainline patch applies directly to v6.19.y and newer;
v6.16.y through v6.18.y need a context-adjusted backport.
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel v6.16.y ~ v6.18.y 및 v6.19.y 미만 버전
⚔️ 공격 벡터
권한이 없는 사용자가 wait4()와 setsid() 시스템 호출을 경합(Race Condition)시켜 트리거
🛡️ 대응 방법
커널 패치(0a36bad01731 관련 수정사항)를 적용하여 proc_flush_pid 완료 전까지 thread_pid 참조를 유지하도록 업데이트
🔧 검증 코드
출력된 커널 버전이 취약한 범위(v6.16.y ~ v6.18.y 등)에 해당하는지 확인합니다.