Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfs: Delete subtree of 'fs/netfs' when netfs module exits
In netfs_init() or fscache_proc_init(), we create dentry under 'fs/netfs', but in netfs_exit(), we only delete the proc entry of 'fs/netfs' without deleting its subtree. This triggers the following WARNING:
================================================================== remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'fs/netfs', leaking at least 'requests' WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 566 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x160/0x1c0 Modules linked in: netfs(-) CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 566 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3 #860 RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x160/0x1c0 Call Trace: <TASK> netfs_exit+0x12/0x620 [netfs] __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x14c/0x2e0 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ==================================================================
Therefore use remove_proc_subtree() instead of remove_proc_entry() to fix the above problem.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 7eb5b3e3a0a55f2d166ca949ef47ca6e0c704aab, < 603f95cefbee06a31b03137b777f03e3c2163d72; >= 7eb5b3e3a0a55f2d166ca949ef47ca6e0c704aab, < 7a9eaf97d56625e55b31a7beb558e1ee185ca461; >= 7eb5b3e3a0a55f2d166ca949ef47ca6e0c704aab, < 3c58a9575e02c2b90a3180007d57105ceaa7c246 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.8 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed