GHSA-53RX-4VFW-28RW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2024-08-28 21:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists()
We can trigger a slab-out-of-bounds with the following commands:
mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/$disk 10G
mount /dev/$disk /tmp/test
echo 2147483647 > /sys/fs/ext4/$disk/mb_group_prealloc
echo test > /tmp/test/file && sync
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists+0x8a/0x200 [ext4] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888121b9d0f0 by task kworker/u2:0/11 CPU: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u2:0 Tainted: GL 6.7.0-next-20240118 #521 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x2c/0x50 kasan_report+0xb6/0xf0 ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists+0x8a/0x200 [ext4] ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x19e9/0x2370 [ext4] ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x88a/0x1370 [ext4] ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x14f7/0x2390 [ext4] ext4_map_blocks+0x569/0xea0 [ext4] ext4_do_writepages+0x10f6/0x1bc0 [ext4] [...] ==================================================================
The flow of issue triggering is as follows:
// Set s_mb_group_prealloc to 2147483647 via sysfs ext4_mb_new_blocks ext4_mb_normalize_request ext4_mb_normalize_group_request ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_group_prealloc ext4_mb_regular_allocator ext4_mb_choose_next_group ext4_mb_choose_next_group_best_avail mb_avg_fragment_size_order order = fls(len) - 2 = 29 ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists frag_list = &sbi->s_mb_avg_fragment_size[order] if (list_empty(frag_list)) // Trigger SOOB!
At 4k block size, the length of the s_mb_avg_fragment_size list is 14, but an oversized s_mb_group_prealloc is set, causing slab-out-of-bounds to be triggered by an attempt to access an element at index 29.
Add a new attr_id attr_clusters_in_group with values in the range [0, sbi->s_clusters_per_group] and declare mb_group_prealloc as that type to fix the issue. In addition avoid returning an order from mb_avg_fragment_size_order() greater than MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb) and reduce some useless loops.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-40955"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:17Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists()\n\nWe can trigger a slab-out-of-bounds with the following commands:\n\n mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/$disk 10G\n mount /dev/$disk /tmp/test\n echo 2147483647 \u003e /sys/fs/ext4/$disk/mb_group_prealloc\n echo test \u003e /tmp/test/file \u0026\u0026 sync\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists+0x8a/0x200 [ext4]\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888121b9d0f0 by task kworker/u2:0/11\nCPU: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u2:0 Tainted: GL 6.7.0-next-20240118 #521\nCall Trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0x2c/0x50\n kasan_report+0xb6/0xf0\n ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists+0x8a/0x200 [ext4]\n ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x19e9/0x2370 [ext4]\n ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x88a/0x1370 [ext4]\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x14f7/0x2390 [ext4]\n ext4_map_blocks+0x569/0xea0 [ext4]\n ext4_do_writepages+0x10f6/0x1bc0 [ext4]\n[...]\n==================================================================\n\nThe flow of issue triggering is as follows:\n\n// Set s_mb_group_prealloc to 2147483647 via sysfs\next4_mb_new_blocks\n ext4_mb_normalize_request\n ext4_mb_normalize_group_request\n ac-\u003eac_g_ex.fe_len = EXT4_SB(sb)-\u003es_mb_group_prealloc\n ext4_mb_regular_allocator\n ext4_mb_choose_next_group\n ext4_mb_choose_next_group_best_avail\n mb_avg_fragment_size_order\n order = fls(len) - 2 = 29\n ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists\n frag_list = \u0026sbi-\u003es_mb_avg_fragment_size[order]\n if (list_empty(frag_list)) // Trigger SOOB!\n\nAt 4k block size, the length of the s_mb_avg_fragment_size list is 14,\nbut an oversized s_mb_group_prealloc is set, causing slab-out-of-bounds\nto be triggered by an attempt to access an element at index 29.\n\nAdd a new attr_id attr_clusters_in_group with values in the range\n[0, sbi-\u003es_clusters_per_group] and declare mb_group_prealloc as\nthat type to fix the issue. In addition avoid returning an order\nfrom mb_avg_fragment_size_order() greater than MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb)\nand reduce some useless loops.",
"id": "GHSA-53rx-4vfw-28rw",
"modified": "2024-08-28T21:31:27Z",
"published": "2024-07-12T15:31:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40955"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13df4d44a3aaabe61cd01d277b6ee23ead2a5206"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677ff4589f1501578fa903a25bb14831d0607992"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b829687ae1229224262bcabf49accfa2dbf8db06"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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