exec: don't WARN for racy path_noexec check (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 13 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exec: don't WARN for racy path_noexec check Both i_mode and noexec checks wrapped in WARN_ON stem from an artifact of the previous implementation. They used to legitimately check for the condition, but that got moved up in two commits: 633fb6ac3980 ("exec: move S_ISREG() check earlier") 0fd338b2d2cd ("exec: move path_noexec() check earlier") Instead of being removed said checks are WARN_ON'ed instead, which has some debug value. However, the spurious path_noexec check is racy, resulting in unwarranted warnings should someone race with setting the noexec flag. One can note there is more to perm-checking whether execve is allowed and none of the conditions are guaranteed to still hold after they were tested for. Additionally this does not validate whether the code path did any perm checking to begin with -- it will pass if the inode happens to be regular. Keep the redundant path_noexec() check even though it's mindless nonsense checking for guarantee that isn't given so drop the WARN. Reword the commentary and do small tidy ups while here. [brauner: keep redundant path_noexec() check]
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9b77438077d5a20c79ead95bcdaf9bd4797baaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b723f96407a0a078cf75970e4dbf16b46d286a61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bdf77be2330062b3a64f2bec39f62ab874a6796
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d16f53c91111cec914f0811fcc526a2ba77b20d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d196e7589cefe207d5d41f37a0a28a1fdeeb7c6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-45228
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-50010
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0366 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0349 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0276 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0185 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0184 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0168 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0152 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0002 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 6.11.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 0fd338b2d2cdf827091ae819ae90ad760b94ad0c < c9b77438077d5a20c79ead95bcdaf9bd4797baaf ; affected 0fd338b2d2cdf827091ae819ae90ad760b94ad0c < b723f96407a0a078cf75970e4dbf16b46d286a61 ; affected 0fd338b2d2cdf827091ae819ae90ad760b94ad0c < 0bdf77be2330062b3a64f2bec39f62ab874a6796 ; affected 0fd338b2d2cdf827091ae819ae90ad760b94ad0c < 0d16f53c91111cec914f0811fcc526a2ba77b20d ; affected 0fd338b2d2cdf827091ae819ae90ad760b94ad0c < 0d196e7589cefe207d5d41f37a0a28a1fdeeb7c6 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.9 ; unaffected 0 < 5.9 ; unaffected 5.10.229 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.170 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.115 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.59 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |