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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2021-47007
HistoryFeb 28, 2024 - 9:15 a.m.

Spoofing

2024-02-2809:15:00
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linux kernel
f2fs
vulnerability
kernel panic
file system
block migration
nvd
out-of-space

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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

f2fs: fix panic during f2fs_resize_fs()

f2fs_resize_fs() hangs in below callstack with testcase:

  • mkfs 16GB image & mount image
  • dd 8GB fileA
  • dd 8GB fileB
  • sync
  • rm fileA
  • sync
  • resize filesystem to 8GB

kernel BUG at segment.c:2484!
Call Trace:
allocate_segment_by_default+0x92/0xf0 [f2fs]
f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x44b/0x7e0 [f2fs]
do_write_page+0x5a/0x110 [f2fs]
f2fs_outplace_write_data+0x55/0x100 [f2fs]
f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x392/0x850 [f2fs]
move_data_page+0x233/0x320 [f2fs]
do_garbage_collect+0x14d9/0x1660 [f2fs]
free_segment_range+0x1f7/0x310 [f2fs]
f2fs_resize_fs+0x118/0x330 [f2fs]
__f2fs_ioctl+0x487/0x3680 [f2fs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

The root cause is we forgot to check that whether we have enough space
in resized filesystem to store all valid blocks in before-resizing
filesystem, then allocator will run out-of-space during block migration
in free_segment_range().

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%