vmci_host: fix a race condition in vmci_host_poll() causing GPF
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vmci_host: fix a race condition in vmci_host_poll() causing GPF
During fuzzing, a general protection fault is observed in
vmci_host_poll().
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000019: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000c8-0x00000000000000cf]
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xf3/0x5e00 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4926
<- omitting registers ->
Call Trace:
lock_acquire+0x1a4/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5672
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb3/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
add_wait_queue+0x3d/0x260 kernel/sched/wait.c:22
poll_wait include/linux/poll.h:49 [inline]
vmci_host_poll+0xf8/0x2b0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:174
vfs_poll include/linux/poll.h:88 [inline]
do_pollfd fs/select.c:873 [inline]
do_poll fs/select.c:921 [inline]
do_sys_poll+0xc7c/0x1aa0 fs/select.c:1015
__do_sys_ppoll fs/select.c:1121 [inline]
__se_sys_ppoll+0x2cc/0x330 fs/select.c:1101
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4e/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
Example thread interleaving that causes the general protection fault
is as follows:
CPU1 (vmci_host_poll) CPU2 (vmci_host_do_init_context)
----- -----
// Read uninitialized context
context = vmci_host_dev->context;
// Initialize context
vmci_host_dev->context = vmci_ctx_create();
vmci_host_dev->ct_type = VMCIOBJ_CONTEXT;
if (vmci_host_dev->ct_type == VMCIOBJ_CONTEXT) {
// Dereferencing the wrong pointer
poll_wait(..., &context->host_context);
}
In this scenario, vmci_host_poll() reads vmci_host_dev->context first,
and then reads vmci_host_dev->ct_type to check that
vmci_host_dev->context is initialized. However, since these two reads
are not atomically executed, there is a chance of a race condition as
described above.
To fix this race condition, read vmci_host_dev->context after checking
the value of vmci_host_dev->ct_type so that vmci_host_poll() always
reads an initialized context.
CVE 정보
EPSS
EPSS는 취약점이 악용될 가능성을 예측하는 점수 모델입니다.
EPSS 점수
EPSS 모델은 0과 1(0~100%) 사이의 확률 점수를 생성합니다. 점수가 높을수록 취약점이 악용될 가능성이 높습니다.
날짜
EPSS V0
EPSS V1
EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)
EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)
EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2025-12-24
–
–
–
–
0.02%
2025-12-30
–
–
–
–
0.03%
2026-01-25
–
–
–
–
0.04%
2026-03-08
–
–
–
–
0.04%
2026-04-26
–
–
–
–
0.05%
2026-05-10
–
–
–
–
0.05%
2026-05-31
–
–
–
–
0.03%
2026-06-07
–
–
–
–
0.05%
2026-06-11
–
–
–
–
0.05%
EPSS 백분위수
백분위수는 EPSS 점수에 따라 CVE의 순위를 매기는 데 사용됩니다. 예를 들어 EPSS 점수 기준 95번째 백분위수의 CVE는 다른 CVE의 95%보다 악용될 가능성이 높습니다.