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CVE-2021-46927 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert After commit 5b78ed24e8ec ("mm/pagemap: add mmap_assert_locked() annotations to find_vma*()"), the call to get_user_pages() will trigger the mmap assert. static inline void mmap_assert_locked(struct mm_struct *mm) { lockdep_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock); VM_BUG_ON_MM(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_lock), mm); } [ 62.521410] kernel BUG at include/linux/mmap_lock.h:156! ........................................................... [ 62.538938] RIP: 0010:find_vma+0x32/0x80 ........................................................... [ 62.605889] Call Trace: [ 62.608502] <TASK> [ 62.610956] ? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80 [ 62.614106] find_extend_vma+0x19/0x80 [ 62.617195] __get_user_pages+0x9b/0x6a0 [ 62.620356] __gup_longterm_locked+0x42d/0x450 [ 62.623721] ? finish_wait+0x41/0x80 [ 62.626748] ? __kmalloc+0x178/0x2f0 [ 62.629768] ne_set_user_memory_region_ioctl.isra.0+0x225/0x6a0 [nitro_enclaves] [ 62.635776] ne_enclave_ioctl+0x1cf/0x6d7 [nitro_enclaves] [ 62.639541] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x82/0xb0 [ 62.642620] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 62.645642] entry_SYSCALL_6…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2024-02-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-667

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

Matched remediation archetype

Race condition, TOCTOU, and lifecycle synchronization

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Check exposure

  • Map concurrent actors, shared state, lock boundaries, signals, callbacks, retries, and check-then-use sequences in the affected path.
  • Determine whether untrusted users can influence timing, object names, filesystem state, or repeated state transitions.
  • Identify clustered and multi-process behavior that repository-local tests may not represent.

Remediate safely

  • Make the sensitive state transition atomic or protect it with a consistently ordered synchronization primitive.
  • Perform authorization and invariant checks on the same authoritative object and transaction used for the operation.
  • Use unique private resources, safe ownership transfer, and idempotent operations; add deterministic concurrency regression tests.

Authoritative sources

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