CVE-2024-36939

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Oct 15, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfs: Handle error of rpc_proc_register() in nfs_net_init().

syzkaller reported a warning [0] triggered while destroying immature netns.

rpc_proc_register() was called in init_nfs_fs(), but its error has been ignored since at least the initial commit 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2").

Recently, commit d47151b79e32 ("nfs: expose /proc/net/sunrpc/nfs in net namespaces") converted the procfs to per-netns and made the problem more visible.

Even when rpc_proc_register() fails, nfs_net_init() could succeed, and thus nfs_net_exit() will be called while destroying the netns.

Then, remove_proc_entry() will be called for non-existing proc directory and trigger the warning below.

Let's handle the error of rpc_proc_register() properly in nfs_net_init().

[0]: name 'nfs' WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1710 at fs/proc/generic.c:711 remove_proc_entry+0x1bb/0x2d0 fs/proc/generic.c:711 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 1710 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.8.0-12822-gcd51db110a7e #12 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x1bb/0x2d0 fs/proc/generic.c:711 Code: 41 5d 41 5e c3 e8 85 09 b5 ff 48 c7 c7 88 58 64 86 e8 09 0e 71 02 e8 74 09 b5 ff 4c 89 e6 48 c7 c7 de 1b 80 84 e8 c5 ad 97 ff <0f> 0b eb b1 e8 5c 09 b5 ff 48 c7 c7 88 58 64 86 e8 e0 0d 71 02 eb RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c6d7ce0 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880422b8b00 RCX: ffffffff8110503c RDX: ffff888030652f00 RSI: ffffffff81105045 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffffff81bb62cb R12: ffffffff84807ffc R13: ffff88804ad6fcc0 R14: ffffffff84807ffc R15: ffffffff85741ff8 FS: 00007f30cfba8640(0000) GS:ffff88807dd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ff51afe8000 CR3: 000000005a60a005 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> rpc_proc_unregister+0x64/0x70 net/sunrpc/stats.c:310 nfs_net_exit+0x1c/0x30 fs/nfs/inode.c:2438 ops_exit_list+0x62/0xb0 net/core/net_namespace.c:170 setup_net+0x46c/0x660 net/core/net_namespace.c:372 copy_net_ns+0x244/0x590 net/core/net_namespace.c:505 create_new_namespaces+0x2ed/0x770 kernel/nsproxy.c:110 unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xae/0x160 kernel/nsproxy.c:228 ksys_unshare+0x342/0x760 kernel/fork.c:3322 __do_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3393 [inline] __se_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3391 [inline] __x64_sys_unshare+0x1f/0x30 kernel/fork.c:3391 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4f/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e RIP: 0033:0x7f30d0febe5d Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 73 9f 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f30cfba7cc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000110 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000004bbf80 RCX: 00007f30d0febe5d RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000000006c020600 RBP: 00000000004bbf80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000002 R13: 000000000000000b R14: 00007f30d104c530 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK>

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 30, 2024
Last modified
Oct 15, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-36939: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix