HarborGuard / CVE
Back to search
HIGHCVE-2026-31769Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-31769: gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers The IBRD, IBWRT, IBCMD, and IBWAIT ioctl handlers use a gpib_descriptor pointer after board->big_gpib_mutex has been released. A concurrent IBCLOSEDEV ioctl can free the descriptor via close_dev_ioctl() during this window, causing a use-after-free. The IO handlers (read_ioctl, write_ioctl, command_ioctl) explicitly release big_gpib_mutex before calling their handler. wait_ioctl() is called with big_gpib_mutex held, but ibwait() releases it internally when wait_mask is non-zero. In all four cases, the descriptor pointer obtained from handle_to_descriptor() becomes unprotected. Fix this by introducing a kernel-only descriptor_busy reference count in struct gpib_descriptor. Each handler atomically increments descriptor_busy under file_priv->descriptors_mutex before releasing the lock, and decrements it when done. close_dev_ioctl() checks descriptor_busy under the same lock and rejects the close with -EBUSY if the count is non-zero. A reference count rather than a simple flag is necessary because multiple handlers can operate on the same descriptor concurrently (e.g. IBRD and IBWAIT on the same handle from different threads). A separate counter is needed because io_in_progress can be cleared from unprivileged userspace via the IBWAIT ioctl (through general_ibstatus() with set_mask containing CMPL), which would allow an attacker to bypass a check based solely on io_in_progress. The new descriptor_busy counter is only modified by the kernel IO paths. The lock ordering is consistent (big_gpib_mutex -> descriptors_mutex) and the handlers only hold descriptors_mutex briefly during the lookup, so there is no deadlock risk and no impact on IO throughput.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

028c75dd143ead62e0dfac564c79d251e21d5d74b6.18.226.19.127.0cae26eff1b56d78bed7873cf3e60a2b1bdd4da6cd1857f8296dceb75d00ab857fc3c61bc00c7f5c6
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < cae26eff1b56d78bed7873cf3e60a2b1bdd4da6c (from 9dde4559e93955ccc47d588f7fd051684d55c4e7) · < 28c75dd143ead62e0dfac564c79d251e21d5d74b (from 9dde4559e93955ccc47d588f7fd051684d55c4e7) · < d1857f8296dceb75d00ab857fc3c61bc00c7f5c6 (from 9dde4559e93955ccc47d588f7fd051684d55c4e7)
  • Linux / Linux
    6.13
    Fixed in 0, 6.18.22, 6.19.12, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H