Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on inline_dots inode
As Wenqing reported in bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215765
It will cause a kernel panic with steps:
- mkdir mnt
- mount tmp40.img mnt
- ls mnt
folio_mark_dirty+0x33/0x50
f2fs_add_regular_entry+0x541/0xad0 [f2fs]
f2fs_add_dentry+0x6c/0xb0 [f2fs]
f2fs_do_add_link+0x182/0x230 [f2fs]
__recover_dot_dentries+0x2d6/0x470 [f2fs]
f2fs_lookup+0x5af/0x6a0 [f2fs]
__lookup_slow+0xac/0x200
lookup_slow+0x45/0x70
walk_component+0x16c/0x250
path_lookupat+0x8b/0x1f0
filename_lookup+0xef/0x250
user_path_at_empty+0x46/0x70
vfs_statx+0x98/0x190
__do_sys_newlstat+0x41/0x90
__x64_sys_newlstat+0x1a/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x37/0xb0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
The root cause is for special file: e.g. character, block, fifo or
socket file, f2fs doesn't assign address space operations pointer array
for mapping->a_ops field, so, in a fuzzed image, if inline_dots flag was
tagged in special file, during lookup(), when f2fs runs into
__recover_dot_dentries(), it will cause NULL pointer access once
f2fs_add_regular_entry() calls a_ops->set_dirty_page().
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.1 | 5.15.46 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux | 5.15.0-47.51 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1019.23 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1019.24 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1017.23 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1015.18 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1002.4 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1013.15 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1015.20 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1017.21 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-47.53 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1007.7 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1017.22 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1014.16 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.15 | 5.15.0-1019.23~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.15 | 5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.15 | 5.15.0-1017.23~20.04.2 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.15 +1 | 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 5.15.0-1015.20~20.04.2 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.15 | 5.15.0-1017.22~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-riscv-5.15 | 5.15.0-1018.21~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1020.20 | — |
| 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-aws +2 | No fix yet | — |