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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-47069 EUVD-2021-33717GHSA-47fv-c4cg-c767

ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry

Published Mar 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry

do_mq_timedreceive calls wq_sleep with a stack local address. The
sender (do_mq_timedsend) uses this address to later call pipelined_send.

This leads to a very hard to trigger race where a do_mq_timedreceive
call might return and leave do_mq_timedsend to rely on an invalid
address, causing the following crash:

RIP: 0010:wake_q_add_safe+0x13/0x60
Call Trace:
__x64_sys_mq_timedsend+0x2a9/0x490
do_syscall_64+0x80/0x680
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
RIP: 0033:0x7f5928e40343

The race occurs as:

1. do_mq_timedreceive calls wq_sleep with the address of `struct
ext_wait_queue` on function stack (aliased as `ewq_addr` here) - it
holds a valid `struct ext_wait_queue *` as long as the stack has not
been overwritten.

2. `ewq_addr` gets added to info->e_wait_q[RECV].list in wq_add, and
do_mq_timedsend receives it via wq_get_first_waiter(info, RECV) to call
__pipelined_op.

3. Sender calls __pipelined_op::smp_store_release(&this->state,
STATE_READY). Here is where the race window begins. (`this` is
`ewq_addr`.)

4. If the receiver wakes up now in do_mq_timedreceive::wq_sleep, it
will see `state == STATE_READY` and break.

5. do_mq_timedreceive returns, and `ewq_addr` is no longer guaranteed
to be a `struct ext_wait_queue *` since it was on do_mq_timedreceive's
stack. (Although the address may not get overwritten until another
function happens to touch it, which means it can persist around for an
indefinite time.)

6. do_mq_timedsend::__pipelined_op() still believes `ewq_addr` is a
`struct ext_wait_queue *`, and uses it to find a task_struct to pass to
the wake_q_add_safe call. In the lucky case where nothing has
overwritten `ewq_addr` yet, `ewq_addr->task` is the right task_struct.
In the unlucky case, __pipelined_op::wake_q_add_safe gets handed a
bogus address as the receiver's task_struct causing the crash.

do_mq_timedsend::__pipelined_op() should not dereference `this` after
setting STATE_READY, as the receiver counterpart is now free to return.
Change __pipelined_op to call wake_q_add_safe on the receiver's
task_struct returned by get_task_struct, instead of dereferencing `this`
which sits on the receiver's stack.

As Manfred pointed out, the race potentially also exists in
ipc/msg.c::expunge_all and ipc/sem.c::wake_up_sem_queue_prepare. Fix
those in the same way.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.6 5.10.40

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.10.40-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.10.40-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.10.40-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +20 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 kernel-rt +12 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 RHSA-2024:4352
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 RHSA-2024:4211
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.8 EUS perf +26 4.18.0-477.70.1.el8_8 RHSA-2024:6206
RHEL 8.6 TUS perf +16 4.18.0-372.119.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:5692
RHEL 8.6 E4S perf +24 4.18.0-372.119.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:5692
RHEL 8.6 AUS perf +16 4.18.0-372.119.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:5692

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 kernel-rt +11 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux 8 perf +24 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 ALSA-2024:4211

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 RLSA-2024:4211
Rocky Linux 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 RLSA-2024:4352
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-syms 5.3.18-150300.59.153.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1.150200.9.93.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +4 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-syms 5.3.18-150300.59.153.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1.150200.9.93.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.161.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0856-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.161.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0856-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_42 +1 1-150300.7.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43 1-150300.7.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_46 1-150200.5.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_47 1-150200.5.3.3 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_53 1-150200.5.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +5 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-syms 5.3.18-150300.59.153.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1.150200.9.93.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3565-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +5 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-syms 5.3.18-150300.59.153.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3585-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 perf +19 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 ELSA-2024-4211

Advisories 18

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