Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: extable: fix load_unaligned_zeropad() reg indices
In ex_handler_load_unaligned_zeropad() we erroneously extract the data and
addr register indices from ex->type rather than ex->data. As ex->type will
contain EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD (i.e. 4):
* We'll always treat X0 as the address register, since EX_DATA_REG_ADDR is
extracted from bits [9:5]. Thus, we may attempt to dereference an
arbitrary address as X0 may hold an arbitrary value.
* We'll always treat X4 as the data register, since EX_DATA_REG_DATA is
extracted from bits [4:0]. Thus we will corrupt X4 and cause arbitrary
behaviour within load_unaligned_zeropad() and its caller.
Fix this by extracting both values from ex->data as originally intended.
On an MTE-enabled QEMU image we are hitting the following crash:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Call trace:
fixup_exception+0xc4/0x108
__do_kernel_fault+0x3c/0x268
do_tag_check_fault+0x3c/0x104
do_mem_abort+0x44/0xf4
el1_abort+0x40/0x64
el1h_64_sync_handler+0x60/0xa0
el1h_64_sync+0x7c/0x80
link_path_walk+0x150/0x344
path_openat+0xa0/0x7dc
do_filp_open+0xb8/0x168
do_sys_openat2+0x88/0x17c
__arm64_sys_openat+0x74/0xa0
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x148
el0_svc_common+0xb8/0xf8
do_el0_svc+0x28/0x88
el0_svc+0x24/0x84
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xec
el0t_64_sync+0x1b4/0x1b8
Code: f8695a69 71007d1f 540000e0 927df12a (f940014a)
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.16 | 5.16.5 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.16.7-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.16.7-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.16.7-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2024-1422 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 29, 2026