Local service interruption via descriptor bitmap corruption
Published Sep 11, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
File-descriptor bitmap corruption in Linux 5.9 and later allows local users to interrupt service through close_range() with unsharing. copy_fd_bitmaps copies a rounded-up final word from full_fds_bits without clearing bits beyond the requested cutoff, leaving stale occupancy bits in the duplicated table. Exploitation requires a shared descriptor table, an upper bound above table capacity, and a lower bound immediately below open descriptors; false occupancy can misallocate descriptors and disrupt affected processes.
Summary
What happened
File-descriptor bitmap corruption in Linux 5.9 and later allows local users to interrupt service through close_range() with unsharing. copy_fd_bitmaps copies a rounded-up final word from full_fds_bits without clearing bits beyond the requested cutoff, leaving stale occupancy bits in the duplicated table. Exploitation requires a shared descriptor table, an upper bound above table capacity, and a lower bound immediately below open descriptors; false occupancy can misallocate descriptors and disrupt affected processes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-45025
- Published
- Sep 11, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de <5053581fe5dfb09b58c65dd8462bf5dea71f41ff
- Affected versionversion=278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de <8cad3b2b3ab81ca55f37405ffd1315bcc2948058
- Affected versionversion=278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de <9a2fa1472083580b6c66bdaf291f591e1170123a
- Affected versionversion=278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de <c69d18f0ac7060de724511537810f10f29a27958
- Affected versionversion=278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de <dd72ae8b0fce9c0bbe9582b9b50820f0407f8d8a
- Affected versionversion=278a5fbaed89dacd04e9d052f4594ffd0e0585de <fe5bf14881701119aeeda7cf685f3c226c7380df
- Affected versionversion=5.9
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- Linux close_range self-test reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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