Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clocksource: hyper-v: unexport __init-annotated hv_init_clocksource() EXPORT_SYMBOL and __init is a bad combination because the .init.text section is freed up after the initialization. Hence, modules cannot use symbols annotated __init. The access to a freed symbol may end up with kernel panic. modpost used to detect it, but it has been broken for a decade. Recently, I fixed modpost so it started to warn it again, then this showed up in linux-next builds. There are two ways to fix it: - Remove __init - Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL I chose the latter for this case because the only in-tree call-site, arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c is never compiled as modular. (CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST is boolean)
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected dd2cb348613b44f9d948b068775e159aad298599 before cff3a7ce6e81418b6e8bac941779bbf5d342d626; affected dd2cb348613b44f9d948b068775e159aad298599 before db965e2757d95f695e606856418cd84003dd036d; affected dd2cb348613b44f9d948b068775e159aad298599 before 0414eab7c78f3518143d383e448d44fc573ac6d2; affected dd2cb348613b44f9d948b068775e159aad298599 before 937fcbb55a1e48a6422e87e8f49422c92265f102; affected dd2cb348613b44f9d948b068775e159aad298599 before 245b993d8f6c4e25f19191edfbd8080b645e12b1 |
| Linux / Linux | affected 5.3; unaffected 0 before 5.3; unaffected 5.4.200 through 5.4.*; unaffected 5.10.124 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.49 through 5.15.*; unaffected 5.18.6 through 5.18.*; unaffected 5.19 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff3a7ce6e81418b6e8bac941779bbf5d342d626
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db965e2757d95f695e606856418cd84003dd036d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0414eab7c78f3518143d383e448d44fc573ac6d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937fcbb55a1e48a6422e87e8f49422c92265f102
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245b993d8f6c4e25f19191edfbd8080b645e12b1