Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
audit: don't deref the syscall args when checking the openat2 open_how::flags
As reported by Jeff, dereferencing the openat2 syscall argument in audit_match_perm() to obtain the open_how::flags can result in an oops/page-fault. This patch fixes this by using the open_how struct that we store in the audit_context with audit_openat2_how().
Independent of this patch, Richard Guy Briggs posted a similar patch to the audit mailing list roughly 40 minutes after this patch was posted.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 1c30e3af8a79260cdba833a719209b01e6b92300, < 310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6c; >= 1c30e3af8a79260cdba833a719209b01e6b92300, < 7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620c |
| Linux | Linux | 5.16 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620cPatch
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 16, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed