CVE-2022-49738
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
27/03/2025
Last modified:
01/10/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on i_extra_isize in is_alive()<br />
<br />
syzbot found a f2fs bug:<br />
<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2891 [inline]<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in is_alive fs/f2fs/gc.c:1117 [inline]<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in gc_data_segment fs/f2fs/gc.c:1520 [inline]<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in do_garbage_collect+0x386a/0x3df0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:1734<br />
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888076557568 by task kworker/u4:3/52<br />
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CPU: 1 PID: 52 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller-00362-gfef7fd48922d #0<br />
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022<br />
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]<br />
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106<br />
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline]<br />
print_report+0x15e/0x45d mm/kasan/report.c:395<br />
kasan_report+0xbb/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:495<br />
data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2891 [inline]<br />
is_alive fs/f2fs/gc.c:1117 [inline]<br />
gc_data_segment fs/f2fs/gc.c:1520 [inline]<br />
do_garbage_collect+0x386a/0x3df0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:1734<br />
f2fs_gc+0x88c/0x20a0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:1831<br />
f2fs_balance_fs+0x544/0x6b0 fs/f2fs/segment.c:410<br />
f2fs_write_inode+0x57e/0xe20 fs/f2fs/inode.c:753<br />
write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1440 [inline]<br />
__writeback_single_inode+0xcfc/0x1440 fs/fs-writeback.c:1652<br />
writeback_sb_inodes+0x54d/0xf90 fs/fs-writeback.c:1870<br />
wb_writeback+0x2c5/0xd70 fs/fs-writeback.c:2044<br />
wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2187 [inline]<br />
wb_workfn+0x2dc/0x12f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2227<br />
process_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710 kernel/workqueue.c:2289<br />
worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436<br />
kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376<br />
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306<br />
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The root cause is that we forgot to do sanity check on .i_extra_isize<br />
in below path, result in accessing invalid address later, fix it.<br />
- gc_data_segment<br />
- is_alive<br />
- data_blkaddr<br />
- offset_in_addr
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.232 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.168 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.93 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.11 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b25035fb888cb2f78bf0b9c9f95b1dc54480d36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/914e38f02a490dafd980ff0f39cccedc074deb29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97ccfffcc061e54ce87e4a51a40e2e9cb0b7076a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b7b4afd6b2c344eabf9cc26b8bfa903c164c7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5142a4935c1f15841d06047b8130078fc4d7b8f



