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Unscored CVE-2021-47275 EUVD-2021-34280GHSA-qj68-9gpw-8pq2

bcache: avoid oversized read request in cache missing code path

Published May 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

bcache: avoid oversized read request in cache missing code path

In the cache missing code path of cached device, if a proper location
from the internal B+ tree is matched for a cache miss range, function
cached_dev_cache_miss() will be called in cache_lookup_fn() in the
following code block,
[code block 1]
526 unsigned int sectors = KEY_INODE(k) == s->iop.inode
527 ? min_t(uint64_t, INT_MAX,
528 KEY_START(k) - bio->bi_iter.bi_sector)
529 : INT_MAX;
530 int ret = s->d->cache_miss(b, s, bio, sectors);

Here s->d->cache_miss() is the call backfunction pointer initialized as
cached_dev_cache_miss(), the last parameter 'sectors' is an important
hint to calculate the size of read request to backing device of the
missing cache data.

Current calculation in above code block may generate oversized value of
'sectors', which consequently may trigger 2 different potential kernel
panics by BUG() or BUG_ON() as listed below,

1) BUG_ON() inside bch_btree_insert_key(),
[code block 2]
886 BUG_ON(b->ops->is_extents && !KEY_SIZE(k));
2) BUG() inside biovec_slab(),
[code block 3]
51 default:
52 BUG();
53 return NULL;

All the above panics are original from cached_dev_cache_miss() by the
oversized parameter 'sectors'.

Inside cached_dev_cache_miss(), parameter 'sectors' is used to calculate
the size of data read from backing device for the cache missing. This
size is stored in s->insert_bio_sectors by the following lines of code,
[code block 4]
909 s->insert_bio_sectors = min(sectors, bio_sectors(bio) + reada);

Then the actual key inserting to the internal B+ tree is generated and
stored in s->iop.replace_key by the following lines of code,
[code block 5]
911 s->iop.replace_key = KEY(s->iop.inode,
912 bio->bi_iter.bi_sector + s->insert_bio_sectors,
913 s->insert_bio_sectors);
The oversized parameter 'sectors' may trigger panic 1) by BUG_ON() from
the above code block.

And the bio sending to backing device for the missing data is allocated
with hint from s->insert_bio_sectors by the following lines of code,
[code block 6]
926 cache_bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOWAIT,
927 DIV_ROUND_UP(s->insert_bio_sectors, PAGE_SECTORS),
928 &dc->disk.bio_split);
The oversized parameter 'sectors' may trigger panic 2) by BUG() from the
agove code block.

Now let me explain how the panics happen with the oversized 'sectors'.
In code block 5, replace_key is generated by macro KEY(). From the
definition of macro KEY(),
[code block 7]
71 #define KEY(inode, offset, size) \
72 ((struct bkey) { \
73 .high = (1ULL << 63) | ((__u64) (size) << 20) | (inode), \
74 .low = (offset) \
75 })

Here 'size' is 16bits width embedded in 64bits member 'high' of struct
bkey. But in code block 1, if "KEY_START(k) - bio->bi_iter.bi_sector" is
very probably to be larger than (1<<16) - 1, which makes the bkey size
calculation in code block 5 is overflowed. In one bug report the value
of parameter 'sectors' is 131072 (= 1 << 17), the overflowed 'sectors'
results the overflowed s->insert_bio_sectors in code block 4, then makes
size field of s->iop.replace_key to be 0 in code block 5. Then the 0-
sized s->iop.replace_key is inserted into the internal B+ tree as cache
missing check key (a special key to detect and avoid a racing between
normal write request and cache missing read request) as,
[code block 8]
915 ret = bch_btree_insert_check_key(b, &s->op, &s->iop.replace_key);

Then the 0-sized s->iop.replace_key as 3rd parameter triggers the bkey
size check BUG_ON() in code block 2, and causes the kernel panic 1).

Another ke
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Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.10 5.12.11

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.14.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.14.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.14.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1.150200.9.99.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1.150200.9.99.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2493-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.172.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2010-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.172.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2010-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_45 1-150300.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_49 1-150200.5.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1.150200.9.99.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1

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