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

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat May 25 2024 - 09:30:41 EST


On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:27:19PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 22-05-24 12:21:54, Davide Benini wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Yes all these
> bc76645ebdd0 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count")
> b5dffcb8f71b ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_routing_control")
> f99b494b4043 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_no_activity_timeout")
> a2e706841488 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_requested_window_size")
> 43547d869943 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay")
> 806f462ba902 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_acknowledge_delay")
> e799299aafed ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_maximum_tries")
> 60a7a152abd4 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_timeout")
> 119cae5ea3f9 ("netrom: Fix data-races around sysctl_netrom_network_ttl_initialiser")
> cfd9f4a740f7 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser")
> 958d6145a6d9 ("netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_default_path_quality")

All now revoked, thanks.

greg k-h