cgroup: Use separate src/dst nodes when preloading css_sets for migration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Use separate src/dst nodes when preloading css_sets for migration Each cset (css_set) is pinned by its tasks. When we're moving tasks around across csets for a migration, we need to hold the source and destination csets to ensure that they don't go away while we're moving tasks about. This is done by linking cset->mg_preload_node on either the mgctx->preloaded_src_csets or mgctx->preloaded_dst_csets list. Using the same cset->mg_preload_node for both the src and dst lists was deemed okay as a cset can't be both the source and destination at the same time. Unfortunately, this overloading becomes problematic when multiple tasks are involved in a migration and some of them are identity noop migrations while others are actually moving across cgroups. For example, this can happen with the following sequence on cgroup1: #1> mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/b #2> echo $$ > /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/cgroup.procs #3> RUN_A_COMMAND_WHICH_CREATES_MULTIPLE_THREADS & #4> PID=$! #5> echo $PID > /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/b/tasks #6> echo $PID > /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/cgroup.procs the process including the group leader back into a. In this final migration, non-leader threads would be doing identity migration while the group leader is doing an actual one. After #3, let's say the whole process was in cset A, and that after #4, the leader moves to cset B. Then, during #6, the following happens: 1. cgroup_migrate_add_src() is called on B for the leader. 2. cgroup_migrate_add_src() is called on A for the other threads. 3. cgroup_migrate_prepare_dst() is called. It scans the src list. 4. It notices that B wants to migrate to A, so it tries to A to the dst list but realizes that its ->mg_preload_node is already busy. 5. and then it notices A wants to migrate to A as it's an identity migration, it culls it by list_del_init()'ing its ->mg_preload_node and putting references accordingly. 6. The rest of migration takes place with B on the src list but nothing on the dst list. This means that A isn't held while migration is in progress. If all tasks leave A before the migration finishes and the incoming task pins it, the cset will be destroyed leading to use-after-free. This is caused by overloading cset->mg_preload_node for both src and dst preload lists. We wanted to exclude the cset from the src list but ended up inadvertently excluding it from the dst list too. This patch fixes the issue by separating out cset->mg_preload_node into ->mg_src_preload_node and ->mg_dst_preload_node, so that the src and dst preloadings don't interfere with each other.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3.16 and later | 4.14.289, 4.19.253, 5.4.207, 5.10.132, 5.15.56, 5.18.13, 5.19 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.16 and later Fixed in 4.14.289, 4.19.253, 5.4.207, 5.10.132, 5.15.56, 5.18.13, 5.19 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.16 to before 4.14.289; 4.15 to before 4.19.253; 4.20 to before 5.4.207; 5.5 to before 5.10.132; 5.11 to before 5.15.56; 5.16 to before 5.18.13 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.19 rc1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.19 rc2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.19 rc3 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.19 rc4 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.19 rc5 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.19 rc6 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.16 to before 4.14.289; 4.15 to before 4.19.253; 4.20 to before 5.4.207; 5.5 to before 5.10.132; 5.11 to before 5.15.56; 5.16 to before 5.18.13 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.289, 4.19.253, 5.4.207, 5.10.132, 5.15.56, 5.18.13, 5.19
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2023:7077 Released 2023-11-14 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 +19
- RHSA-2023:2458 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 +10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:7077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:7077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49647
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x3qg-8v4m-cfv7
References
Patch 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f7658210d1d331e8dd4cb6e7bbbe3df5f5ac27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cec2bbdcc14fbaa6b95ee15a7c423b05d97038be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad44e05f3e016bdcb1ad25af35ade5b5f41ccd68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7657e3958535d101a24ab4400f9b8062b9107cc4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54aee4e5ce8c21555286a6333e46c1713880cf93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e41774b564befa6d271e8d5086bf870d617a4e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07fd5b6cdf3cc30bfde8fe0f644771688be04447
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Sources
- CVE-2022-49647 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-49647 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x3qg-8v4m-cfv7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-49647 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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