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CVE-2024-38599
published 2024-06-19

CVE-2024-38599: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: prevent xattr node from overflowing the eraseblock Add a check to make sure that the…

PriorityP429high7.1CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
0.24%
15.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: prevent xattr node from overflowing the eraseblock Add a check to make sure that the requested xattr node size is no larger than the eraseblock minus the cleanmarker. Unlike the usual inode nodes, the xattr nodes aren't split into parts and spread across multiple eraseblocks, which means that a xattr node must not occupy more than one eraseblock. If the requested xattr value is too large, the xattr node can spill onto the next eraseblock, overwriting the nodes and causing errors such as: jffs2: argh. node added in wrong place at 0x0000b050(2) jffs2: nextblock 0x0000a000, expected at 0000b00c jffs2: error: (823) do_verify_xattr_datum: node CRC failed at 0x01e050, read=0xfc892c93, calc=0x000000 jffs2: notice: (823) jffs2_get_inode_nodes: Node header CRC failed at 0x01e00c. {848f,2fc4,0fef511f,59a3d171} jffs2: Node at 0x0000000c with length 0x00001044 would run over the end of the erase block jffs2: Perhaps the file system was created with the wrong erase size? jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00000010: 0x1044 instead This breaks the filesystem and can lead to KASAN crashes such as: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in jffs2_sum_add_kvec+0x125e/0x15d0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802c31e914 by task repro/830 CPU: 0 PID: 830 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xc6/0x120 print_report+0xc4/0x620 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x308/0x5b0 kasan_report+0xc1/0xf0 ? jffs2_sum_add_kvec+0x125e/0x15d0 ? jffs2_sum_add_kvec+0x125e/0x15d0 jffs2_sum_add_kvec+0x125e/0x15d0 jffs2_flash_direct_writev+0xa8/0xd0 jffs2_flash_writev+0x9c9/0xef0 ? __x64_sys_setxattr+0xc4/0x160 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x140 ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [...] Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Affected

26 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.94-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.94-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < 2904e1d9b64f72d291095e3cbb31634f08788b112904e1d9b64f72d291095e3cbb31634f08788b11
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < 526235dffcac74c7823ed504dfac4f88d84ba5df526235dffcac74c7823ed504dfac4f88d84ba5df
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < f0eea095ce8c959b86e1e57fe36ca4fea5ae54f8f0eea095ce8c959b86e1e57fe36ca4fea5ae54f8
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < a1d21bcd78cf4a4353e1e835789429c6b76aca8ba1d21bcd78cf4a4353e1e835789429c6b76aca8b
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < f06969df2e40ab1dc8f4364a5de967830c74a098f06969df2e40ab1dc8f4364a5de967830c74a098
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < af82d8d2179b7277ad627c39e7e0778f1c86ccdbaf82d8d2179b7277ad627c39e7e0778f1c86ccdb
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < 8d431391320c5c5398ff966fb3a95e68a7def2758d431391320c5c5398ff966fb3a95e68a7def275
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < 978a12c91b38bf1a213e567f3c20e2beef215f07978a12c91b38bf1a213e567f3c20e2beef215f07
linuxlinux>= aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe < c6854e5a267c28300ff045480b5a7ee7f6f1d913c6854e5a267c28300ff045480b5a7ee7f6f1d913
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.221-15.10.221-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.94-16.1.94-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.12-16.8.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.12-16.8.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-192.2125.4.0-192.212
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-121.1315.15.0-121.131
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-40.406.8.0-40.40
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.18 < 4.19.3164.19.316
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2785.4.278
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1615.15.161
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.936.1.93
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2195.10.219
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.336.6.33
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.8.126.8.12

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.1HIGH
vendor_redhat7.1HIGH
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