CVE-2024-50250
Nov. 14, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
7.1
High
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fsdax: dax_unshare_iter needs to copy entire blocks
The code that copies data from srcmap to iomap in dax_unshare_iter is
very very broken, which bfoster's recent fsx changes have exposed.
If the pos and len passed to dax_file_unshare are not aligned to an
fsblock boundary, the iter pos and length in the _iter function will
reflect this unalignment.
dax_iomap_direct_access always returns a pointer to the start of the
kmapped fsdax page, even if its pos argument is in the middle of that
page. This is catastrophic for data integrity when iter->pos is not
aligned to a page, because daddr/saddr do not point to the same byte in
the file as iter->pos. Hence we corrupt user data by copying it to the
wrong place.
If iter->pos + iomap_length() in the _iter function not aligned to a
page, then we fail to copy a full block, and only partially populate the
destination block. This is catastrophic for data confidentiality
because we expose stale pmem contents.
Fix both of these issues by aligning copy_pos/copy_len to a page
boundary (remember, this is fsdax so 1 fsblock == 1 base page) so that
we always copy full blocks.
We're not done yet -- there's no call to invalidate_inode_pages2_range,
so programs that have the file range mmap'd will continue accessing the
old memory mapping after the file metadata updates have completed.
Be careful with the return value -- if the unshare succeeds, we still
need to return the number of bytes that the iomap iter thinks we're
operating on.
Product(s) Impacted
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Weaknesses
*CPE(s)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
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o | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.12 | rc1 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.12 | rc2 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.12 | rc3 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.12 | rc4 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.12 | rc5 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
References
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CVSS Score
CVSS Data
- Attack Vector: LOCAL
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
- Integrity Impact: HIGH
- Availability Impact: NONE
View Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Date
- Published: Nov. 9, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
- Last Modified: Nov. 14, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Status : Analyzed
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