In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD
In ondemand mode, when the daemon is processing an open request, if the
kernel flags the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, the cachefiles_daemon_write()
will always return -EIO, so the daemon can't pass the copen to the kernel.
Then the kernel process that is waiting for the copen triggers a hung_task.
Since the DEAD state is irreversible, it can only be exited by closing
/dev/cachefiles. Therefore, after calling cachefiles_io_error() to mark
the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD, if in ondemand mode, flush all requests to
avoid the above hungtask. We may still be able to read some of the cached
data before closing the fd of /dev/cachefiles.
Note that this relies on the patch that adds reference counting to the req,
otherwise it may UAF.
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Information
Published : 2024-07-12 13:15
Updated : 2025-11-03 22:17
NVD link : CVE-2024-40935
Mitre link : CVE-2024-40935
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-40935
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416
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