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That would make f_count go down to zero, and while\nthe ep->mtx locking means that the resulting file pointer tear-down will\nbe blocked until the poll returns, it means that f_count is already\ndead, and any use of it won't actually get a reference to the file any\nmore: it's dead regardless.\n\nMake sure we have a valid ref on the file pointer before we call down to\nvfs_poll() from the epoll routines." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerability is reached purely through local syscalls — epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_ADD) to register a pollable fd, epoll_wait() to drive ep_send_events()→ep_item_poll(), and close() on the registered fd from a second thread. No network input is involved.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race (one thread spins on close() of the registered fd, another spins on epoll_wait()), so the window can be hit repeatedly and indefinitely until won; syzbot produced a reproducer. Nothing depends on conditions outside attacker influence.\nPR:L - Only an ordinary unprivileged local user is needed — epoll requires no capabilities at all, and dma-buf fds are obtainable without privilege via /dev/dma_heap/system on Android or DRM render nodes (/dev/dri/renderD128, PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD) on desktop/server, all reachable from inside containers and app sandboxes.\nUI:N - The attacker performs every step itself from its own threads; no action by any other user or victim process is required.\nS:U - The corruption is confined to kernel memory within the same security authority — this is a standard local kernel privilege-escalation primitive, not a VM, IOMMU, or hypervisor boundary crossing.\nC:H - vfs_poll() runs on a struct file with f_count already zero, and the resulting refcount underflow frees the file while it is still referenced, yielding a use-after-free on a SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU slot that is instantly reallocated to another struct file; reading through the stale file (f_cred, f_path, private_data) gives arbitrary kernel memory and other processes' file contents.\nI:H - The double __fput()/double file_free() plus stray refcount decrement on a live, reallocated struct file is the classic DirtyCred-style write primitive — the attacker can force premature release of a victim's file and substitute its own, enabling arbitrary file/credential overwrite and full control-flow hijack.\nA:H - syzbot's observed manifestation is a kernel general protection fault in __ep_remove (fs/eventpoll.c:825, NULL file->f_ep), and the double-free of struct file, dentry and vfsmount reliably panics the machine, so an unprivileged user can crash the kernel at will." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/eventpoll.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": 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