| ID |
CVE-2026-63951
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| Sažetak |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
zram: fix use-after-free in zram_writeback_endio
A crash was observed in zram_writeback_endio due to a NULL pointer
dereference in wake_up. The root cause is a race condition between the
bio completion handler (zram_writeback_endio) and the writeback task.
In zram_writeback_endio, wake_up() is called on &wb_ctl->done_wait after
releasing wb_ctl->done_lock. This creates a race window where the
writeback task can see num_inflight become 0, return, and free wb_ctl
before zram_writeback_endio calls wake_up().
CPU 0 (zram_writeback_endio) CPU 1 (writeback_store)
============================ ============================
zram_writeback_slots
zram_submit_wb_request
zram_submit_wb_request
wait_event(wb_ctl->done_wait)
spin_lock(&wb_ctl->done_lock);
list_add(&req->entry, &wb_ctl->done_reqs);
spin_unlock(&wb_ctl->done_lock);
wake_up(&wb_ctl->done_wait);
zram_complete_done_reqs
spin_lock(&wb_ctl->done_lock);
list_add(&req->entry, &wb_ctl->done_reqs);
spin_unlock(&wb_ctl->done_lock);
while (num_inflight) > 0)
spin_lock(&wb_ctl->done_lock);
list_del(&req->entry);
spin_unlock(&wb_ctl->done_lock);
// num_inflight becomes 0
atomic_dec(num_inflight);
// Leave zram_writeback_slots
// Free wb_ctl
release_wb_ctl(wb_ctl);
// UAF crash!
wake_up(&wb_ctl->done_wait);
This patch fixes this race by using RCU. By protecting wb_ctl with
rcu_read_lock() in zram_writeback_endio and using kfree_rcu() to free it,
we ensure that wb_ctl remains valid during the execution of
zram_writeback_endio. |
| Reference |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 7.8 |
| Impact: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | 1.8 |
|
| Pristup |
| Vektor | Složenost | Autentikacija |
| LOCAL |
LOW |
LOW |
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| Impact |
| Povjerljivost | Cjelovitost | Dostupnost |
| HIGH |
HIGH |
HIGH |
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| CVSS vektor |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Zadnje važnije ažuriranje |
20-07-2026 - 15:16 |
| Objavljeno |
19-07-2026 - 16:17 |
