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HistoryJun 25, 2024 - 2:22 p.m.

CVE-2024-38661 s390/ap: Fix crash in AP internal function modify_bitmap()

2024-06-2514:22:38
Linux
github.com
2
linux kernel
s390
ap internal function
system crash
overflow
unsigned long values

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

s390/ap: Fix crash in AP internal function modify_bitmap()

A system crash like this

Failing address: 200000cb7df6f000 TEID: 200000cb7df6f403
Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.
AS:00000002d71bc007 R3:00000003fe5b8007 S:000000011a446000 P:000000015660c13d
Oops: 0038 ilc:3 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in: mlx5_ib …
CPU: 8 PID: 7556 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7 #8
Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (LPAR)
Krnl PSW : 0704e00180000000 0000014b75e7b606 (ap_parse_bitmap_str+0x10e/0x1f8)
R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000001 ffffffffffffffc0 0000000000000001 00000048f96b75d3
000000cb00000100 ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff 000000cb7df6fce0
000000cb7df6fce0 00000000ffffffff 000000000000002b 00000048ffffffff
000003ff9b2dbc80 200000cb7df6fcd8 0000014bffffffc0 000000cb7df6fbc8
Krnl Code: 0000014b75e7b5fc: a7840047 brc 8,0000014b75e7b68a
0000014b75e7b600: 18b2 lr %r11,%r2
#0000014b75e7b602: a7f4000a brc 15,0000014b75e7b616
>0000014b75e7b606: eb22d00000e6 laog %r2,%r2,0(%r13)
0000014b75e7b60c: a7680001 lhi %r6,1
0000014b75e7b610: 187b lr %r7,%r11
0000014b75e7b612: 84960021 brxh %r9,%r6,0000014b75e7b654
0000014b75e7b616: 18e9 lr %r14,%r9
Call Trace:
[<0000014b75e7b606>] ap_parse_bitmap_str+0x10e/0x1f8
([<0000014b75e7b5dc>] ap_parse_bitmap_str+0xe4/0x1f8)
[<0000014b75e7b758>] apmask_store+0x68/0x140
[<0000014b75679196>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x14e/0x1e8
[<0000014b75598524>] vfs_write+0x1b4/0x448
[<0000014b7559894c>] ksys_write+0x74/0x100
[<0000014b7618a440>] __do_syscall+0x268/0x328
[<0000014b761a3558>] system_call+0x70/0x98
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[<0000014b75e7b636>] ap_parse_bitmap_str+0x13e/0x1f8
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops

occured when /sys/bus/ap/a[pq]mask was updated with a relative mask value
(like +0x10-0x12,+60,-90) with one of the numeric values exceeding INT_MAX.

The fix is simple: use unsigned long values for the internal variables. The
correct checks are already in place in the function but a simple int for
the internal variables was used with the possibility to overflow.

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial