5.5
CVE-2025-38066
- EPSS 0.16%
- Veröffentlicht 18.06.2025 09:33:44
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 17.12.2025 19:18:44
- Quelle 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081f
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dm cache: prevent BUG_ON by blocking retries on failed device resumes
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm cache: prevent BUG_ON by blocking retries on failed device resumes
A cache device failing to resume due to mapping errors should not be
retried, as the failure leaves a partially initialized policy object.
Repeating the resume operation risks triggering BUG_ON when reloading
cache mappings into the incomplete policy object.
Reproduce steps:
1. create a cache metadata consisting of 512 or more cache blocks,
with some mappings stored in the first array block of the mapping
array. Here we use cache_restore v1.0 to build the metadata.
cat <<EOF >> cmeta.xml
<superblock uuid="" block_size="128" nr_cache_blocks="512" \
policy="smq" hint_width="4">
<mappings>
<mapping cache_block="0" origin_block="0" dirty="false"/>
</mappings>
</superblock>
EOF
dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0"
cache_restore -i cmeta.xml -o /dev/mapper/cmeta --metadata-version=2
dmsetup remove cmeta
2. wipe the second array block of the mapping array to simulate
data degradations.
mapping_root=$(dd if=/dev/sdc bs=1c count=8 skip=192 \
2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '1/8 "%u\n"')
ablock=$(dd if=/dev/sdc bs=1c count=8 skip=$((4096*mapping_root+2056)) \
2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '1/8 "%u\n"')
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=4k count=1 seek=$ablock
3. try bringing up the cache device. The resume is expected to fail
due to the broken array block.
dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0"
dmsetup create cdata --table "0 65536 linear /dev/sdc 8192"
dmsetup create corig --table "0 524288 linear /dev/sdc 262144"
dmsetup create cache --notable
dmsetup load cache --table "0 524288 cache /dev/mapper/cmeta \
/dev/mapper/cdata /dev/mapper/corig 128 2 metadata2 writethrough smq 0"
dmsetup resume cache
4. try resuming the cache again. An unexpected BUG_ON is triggered
while loading cache mappings.
dmsetup resume cache
Kernel logs:
(snip)
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c:752!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 332 Comm: dmsetup Not tainted 6.13.4 #3
RIP: 0010:smq_load_mapping+0x3e5/0x570
Fix by disallowing resume operations for devices that failed the
initial attempt.Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 5.4.294
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.238
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.185
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.141
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.93
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.31
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.14.9
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version11.0
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.16% | 0.058 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
|
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c614584c2a66b538f469089ac089457a34590c14
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5356a5e80442131e2714d0d26bb110590e4e568
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/025c8f477625eb39006ded650e7d027bcfb20e79
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00586b78eeb7c626a14ca13453a1631f88a7cf36
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3986ef4a9b6a0d9c28bc325d8713beba5e67586f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc80a5cc520939d0a7d071cc4ae4b3c55ef171d0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3128e3074e8af565cc6a66fe3384a56df87f803
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5da692e2262b8f81993baa9592f57d12c2703dea
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html