High severity · published Oct 21, 2024
CVE-2024-49903
jfs: Fix uaf in dbFreeBits
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jfs: Fix uaf in dbFreeBits
[syzbot reported]
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mutex_lock+0xfe/0xd70 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880229254b0 by task syz-executor357/5216
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5216 Comm: syz-executor357 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-syzkaller-00156-gd7a5aa4b3c00 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/27/2024
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0xfe/0xd70 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
dbFreeBits+0x7ea/0xd90 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2390
dbFreeDmap fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2089 [inline]
dbFree+0x35b/0x680 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:409
dbDiscardAG+0x8a9/0xa20 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:1650
jfs_ioc_trim+0x433/0x670 fs/jfs/jfs_discard.c:100
jfs_ioctl+0x2d0/0x3e0 fs/jfs/ioctl.c:131
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
Freed by task 5218:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579
poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240
__kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2252 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4473 [inline]
kfree+0x149/0x360 mm/slub.c:4594
dbUnmount+0x11d/0x190 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:278
jfs_mount_rw+0x4ac/0x6a0 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:247
jfs_remount+0x3d1/0x6b0 fs/jfs/super.c:454
reconfigure_super+0x445/0x880 fs/super.c:1083
vfs_cmd_reconfigure fs/fsopen.c:263 [inline]
vfs_fsconfig_locked fs/fsopen.c:292 [inline]
__do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:473 [inline]
__se_sys_fsconfig+0xb6e/0xf80 fs/fsopen.c:345
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[Analysis]
There are two paths (dbUnmount and jfs_ioc_trim) that generate race
condition when accessing bmap, which leads to the occurrence of uaf.
Use the lock s_umount to synchronize them, in order to avoid uaf caused
by race condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.10.227; 5.11 before 5.15.168; 5.16 before 6.1.113; 6.2 before 6.6.55; 6.7 before 6.10.14; 6.11 before 6.11.3 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e before 4ac58f7734937f3249da734ede946dfb3b1af5e4; b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e before 3126ccde51f51b0648c8cdccaf916e8bd062e972; b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e before fd026b6b6758d5569705c02540b40f3bbf822b9a; b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e before e7ae14f7ee76c6ef5a48aebab1a278ad78f42619; b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e before 0c238da83f56bb895cab1e5851d034ac45b158d1; b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e before 4218b31ecc7af7e191768d32e32ed4386d8f9b76; +4 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49903
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49903
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c238da83f56bb895cab1e5851d034ac45b158d1
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3126ccde51f51b0648c8cdccaf916e8bd062e972
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4218b31ecc7af7e191768d32e32ed4386d8f9b76
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ac58f7734937f3249da734ede946dfb3b1af5e4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95accb7183badca387f7a8d19a2475cf3089f148
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9603a6f75df2fd8125cd208c98cfaa0fe3f7505
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