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LinuxCVE-2024-42311

HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 9:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-42311

2024-08-1709:15:11

CWE-908

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel hfs_inode_info hfs_alloc_inode vulnerability uninitialized access

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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

hfs: fix to initialize fields of hfs_inode_info after hfs_alloc_inode()

Syzbot reports uninitialized value access issue as below:

loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 64

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hfs_revalidate_dentry+0x307/0x3f0 fs/hfs/sysdep.c:30
hfs_revalidate_dentry+0x307/0x3f0 fs/hfs/sysdep.c:30
d_revalidate fs/namei.c:862 [inline]
lookup_fast+0x89e/0x8e0 fs/namei.c:1649
walk_component fs/namei.c:2001 [inline]
link_path_walk+0x817/0x1480 fs/namei.c:2332
path_lookupat+0xd9/0x6f0 fs/namei.c:2485
filename_lookup+0x22e/0x740 fs/namei.c:2515
user_path_at_empty+0x8b/0x390 fs/namei.c:2924
user_path_at include/linux/namei.h:57 [inline]
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3689 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3898 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x66b/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3875
__x64_sys_mount+0xe4/0x140 fs/namespace.c:3875
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hfs_ext_read_extent fs/hfs/extent.c:196 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hfs_get_block+0x92d/0x1620 fs/hfs/extent.c:366
hfs_ext_read_extent fs/hfs/extent.c:196 [inline]
hfs_get_block+0x92d/0x1620 fs/hfs/extent.c:366
block_read_full_folio+0x4ff/0x11b0 fs/buffer.c:2271
hfs_read_folio+0x55/0x60 fs/hfs/inode.c:39
filemap_read_folio+0x148/0x4f0 mm/filemap.c:2426
do_read_cache_folio+0x7c8/0xd90 mm/filemap.c:3553
do_read_cache_page mm/filemap.c:3595 [inline]
read_cache_page+0xfb/0x2f0 mm/filemap.c:3604
read_mapping_page include/linux/pagemap.h:755 [inline]
hfs_btree_open+0x928/0x1ae0 fs/hfs/btree.c:78
hfs_mdb_get+0x260c/0x3000 fs/hfs/mdb.c:204
hfs_fill_super+0x1fb1/0x2790 fs/hfs/super.c:406
mount_bdev+0x628/0x920 fs/super.c:1359
hfs_mount+0xcd/0xe0 fs/hfs/super.c:456
legacy_get_tree+0x167/0x2e0 fs/fs_context.c:610
vfs_get_tree+0xdc/0x5d0 fs/super.c:1489
do_new_mount+0x7a9/0x16f0 fs/namespace.c:3145
path_mount+0xf98/0x26a0 fs/namespace.c:3475
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3488 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3697 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x919/0x9e0 fs/namespace.c:3674
__ia32_sys_mount+0x15b/0x1b0 fs/namespace.c:3674
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178
do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82

Uninit was created at:
__alloc_pages+0x9a6/0xe00 mm/page_alloc.c:4590
__alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:238 [inline]
alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:261 [inline]
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2190 [inline]
allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2354 [inline]
new_slab+0x2d7/0x1400 mm/slub.c:2407
___slab_alloc+0x16b5/0x3970 mm/slub.c:3540
__slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3625 [inline]
__slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3678 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3850 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x64d/0xb30 mm/slub.c:3879
alloc_inode_sb include/linux/fs.h:3018 [inline]
hfs_alloc_inode+0x5a/0xc0 fs/hfs/super.c:165
alloc_inode+0x83/0x440 fs/inode.c:260
new_inode_pseudo fs/inode.c:1005 [inline]
new_inode+0x38/0x4f0 fs/inode.c:1031
hfs_new_inode+0x61/0x1010 fs/hfs/inode.c:186
hfs_mkdir+0x54/0x250 fs/hfs/dir.c:228
vfs_mkdir+0x49a/0x700 fs/namei.c:4126
do_mkdirat+0x529/0x810 fs/namei.c:4149
__do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4164 [inline]
__se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4162 [inline]
__x64_sys_mkdirat+0xc8/0x120 fs/namei.c:4162
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

It missed to initialize .tz_secondswest, .cached_start and .cached_blocks
fields in struct hfs_inode_info after hfs_alloc_inode(), fix it.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange<4.19.320

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20–5.4.282

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5–5.10.224

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11–5.15.165

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16–6.1.103

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2–6.6.44

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7–6.10.3

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/hfs/inode.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "f7316b2b2f11",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "4a52861cd76e",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "10f7163bfb5f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "d55aae5c1730",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "58d83fc16050",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "9c4e40b9b731",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "d3493d6f0dfb",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "26a2ed107929",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/hfs/inode.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4.19.320",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.282",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.224",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.165",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.103",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.44",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.11",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]