7.8

CVE-2024-49883

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: aovid use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent()

As Ojaswin mentioned in Link, in ext4_ext_insert_extent(), if the path is
reallocated in ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(), we'll use the stale path and
cause UAF. Below is a sample trace with dummy values:

ext4_ext_insert_extent
  path = *ppath = 2000
  ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(ppath)
    ext4_find_extent(ppath)
      path = *ppath = 2000
      if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth)
            kfree(path = 2000);
            *ppath = path = NULL;
      path = kcalloc() = 3000
      *ppath = 3000;
      return path;
  /* here path is still 2000, UAF! */
  eh = path[depth].p_hdr

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x26d4/0x3330
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881027bf7d0 by task kworker/u36:1/179
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 179 Comm: kworker/u6:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-dirty #866
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x26d4/0x3330
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe22/0x2d40
 ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700
 ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800
[...]

Allocated by task 179:
 ext4_find_extent+0x81c/0x1f70
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x146/0x2d40
 ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700
 ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800
 ext4_writepages+0x26d/0x4e0
 do_writepages+0x175/0x700
[...]

Freed by task 179:
 kfree+0xcb/0x240
 ext4_find_extent+0x7c0/0x1f70
 ext4_ext_insert_extent+0xa26/0x3330
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe22/0x2d40
 ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700
 ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800
 ext4_writepages+0x26d/0x4e0
 do_writepages+0x175/0x700
[...]
==================================================================

So use *ppath to update the path to avoid the above problem.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 3.18 < 5.10.227
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.168
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.113
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.55
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.10.14
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.11 < 6.11.3
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.13
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.