Re: CVE-2024-27429: netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser

From: Davide Benini
Date: Wed May 22 2024 - 06:22:08 EST


On 22/05/24 07:11, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 06:05:03PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
On Tue 21-05-24 16:40:24, Greg KH wrote:
On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:39:04AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
This and couple of others are all having the same pattern. Adding
READ_ONCE for an integer value with a claim that this might race with
sysctl updates. While the claim about the race is correct I fail to see
how this could have any security consequences. Even if a partial write
was observed which sounds _more_ than theoretical these all are merely
timeouts and delays.

Is there anything I am missing?

Nope, you are right, our fault, I'll go revoke this now.

please also revoke all others touching the same function.

I don't see any other CVEs that reference that function, but I do see
some that reference the same type of issue in the same file:
CVE-2024-27420
CVE-2024-27421
CVE-2024-27430
are those what you are referring to? If not, which ones do you think
also should be revoked?

It seems all the CVEs in the range [CVE-2024-27420, CVE-2024-27430] are of the same kind.
Shouldn't all be revoked?

Thanks
Davide Benini