Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In April 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix double-free of blocks due to wrong extents moved_len
In ext4_move_extents(), moved_len is only updated when all moves are
successfully executed, and only discards orig_inode and donor_inode
preallocations when moved_len is not zero. When the loop fails to exit
after successfully moving some extents, moved_len is not updated and
remains at 0, so it does not discard the preallocations.
If the moved extents overlap with the preallocated extents, the
overlapped extents are freed twice in ext4_mb_release_inode_pa() and
ext4_process_freed_data() (as described in commit 94d7c16cbbbd ("ext4:
Fix double-free of blocks with EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT")), and bb_free is
incremented twice. Hence when trim is executed, a zero-division bug is
triggered in mb_update_avg_fragment_size() because bb_free is not zero
and bb_fragments is zero.
Therefore, update move_len after each extent move to avoid the issue.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
parisc: BTLB: Fix crash when setting up BTLB at CPU bringup
When using hotplug and bringing up a 32-bit CPU, ask the firmware about the
BTLB information to set up the static (block) TLB entries.
For that write access to the static btlb_info struct is needed, but
since it is marked __ro_after_init the kernel segfaults with missing
write permissions.
Fix the crash by dropping the __ro_after_init annotation.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
parisc: Fix random data corruption from exception handler
The current exception handler implementation, which assists when accessing
user space memory, may exhibit random data corruption if the compiler decides
to use a different register than the specified register %r29 (defined in
ASM_EXCEPTIONTABLE_REG) for the error code. If the compiler choose another
register, the fault handler will nevertheless store -EFAULT into %r29 and thus
trash whatever this register is used for.
Looking at the assembly I found that this happens sometimes in emulate_ldd().
To solve the issue, the easiest solution would be if it somehow is
possible to tell the fault handler which register is used to hold the error
code. Using %0 or %1 in the inline assembly is not posssible as it will show
up as e.g. %r29 (with the "%r" prefix), which the GNU assembler can not
convert to an integer.
This patch takes another, better and more flexible approach:
We extend the __ex_table (which is out of the execution path) by one 32-word.
In this word we tell the compiler to insert the assembler instruction
"or %r0,%r0,%reg", where %reg references the register which the compiler
choosed for the error return code.
In case of an access failure, the fault handler finds the __ex_table entry and
can examine the opcode. The used register is encoded in the lowest 5 bits, and
the fault handler can then store -EFAULT into this register.
Since we extend the __ex_table to 3 words we can't use the BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
config option any longer.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hsr: remove WARN_ONCE() in send_hsr_supervision_frame()
Syzkaller reported [1] hitting a warning after failing to allocate
resources for skb in hsr_init_skb(). Since a WARN_ONCE() call will
not help much in this case, it might be prudent to switch to
netdev_warn_once(). At the very least it will suppress syzkaller
reports such as [1].
Just in case, use netdev_warn_once() in send_prp_supervision_frame()
for similar reasons.
[1]
HSR: Could not send supervision frame
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 85 at net/hsr/hsr_device.c:294 send_hsr_supervision_frame+0x60a/0x810 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:294
RIP: 0010:send_hsr_supervision_frame+0x60a/0x810 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:294
...
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
hsr_announce+0x114/0x370 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:382
call_timer_fn+0x193/0x590 kernel/time/timer.c:1700
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1751 [inline]
__run_timers+0x764/0xb20 kernel/time/timer.c:2022
run_timer_softirq+0x58/0xd0 kernel/time/timer.c:2035
__do_softirq+0x21a/0x8de kernel/softirq.c:553
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:427 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu kernel/softirq.c:632 [inline]
irq_exit_rcu+0xb7/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:644
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x95/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1076
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:649
...
This issue is also found in older kernels (at least up to 5.10).
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: really cope with fastopen race
Fastopen and PM-trigger subflow shutdown can race, as reported by
syzkaller.
In my first attempt to close such race, I missed the fact that
the subflow status can change again before the subflow_state_change
callback is invoked.
Address the issue additionally copying with all the states directly
reachable from TCP_FIN_WAIT1.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/iommu: Fix the missing iommu_group_put() during platform domain attach
The function spapr_tce_platform_iommu_attach_dev() is missing to call
iommu_group_put() when the domain is already set. This refcount leak
shows up with BUG_ON() during DLPAR remove operation as:
KernelBug: Kernel bug in state 'None': kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c:100!
Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=8192 NUMA pSeries
<snip>
Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NH1060_016) hv:phyp pSeries
NIP: c0000000000ff4d4 LR: c0000000000ff4cc CTR: 0000000000000000
REGS: c0000013aed5f840 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G I (6.8.0-rc3-autotest-g99bd3cb0d12e)
MSR: 8000000000029033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 44002402 XER: 20040000
CFAR: c000000000a0d170 IRQMASK: 0
...
NIP iommu_reconfig_notifier+0x94/0x200
LR iommu_reconfig_notifier+0x8c/0x200
Call Trace:
iommu_reconfig_notifier+0x8c/0x200 (unreliable)
notifier_call_chain+0xb8/0x19c
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x64/0x98
of_reconfig_notify+0x44/0xdc
of_detach_node+0x78/0xb0
ofdt_write.part.0+0x86c/0xbb8
proc_reg_write+0xf4/0x150
vfs_write+0xf8/0x488
ksys_write+0x84/0x140
system_call_exception+0x138/0x330
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
The patch adds the missing iommu_group_put() call.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/kasan: Limit KASAN thread size increase to 32KB
KASAN is seen to increase stack usage, to the point that it was reported
to lead to stack overflow on some 32-bit machines (see link).
To avoid overflows the stack size was doubled for KASAN builds in
commit 3e8635fb2e07 ("powerpc/kasan: Force thread size increase with
KASAN").
However with a 32KB stack size to begin with, the doubling leads to a
64KB stack, which causes build errors:
arch/powerpc/kernel/switch.S:249: Error: operand out of range (0x000000000000fe50 is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007fff)
Although the asm could be reworked, in practice a 32KB stack seems
sufficient even for KASAN builds - the additional usage seems to be in
the 2-3KB range for a 64-bit KASAN build.
So only increase the stack for KASAN if the stack size is < 32KB.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: adc: ad4130: zero-initialize clock init data
The clk_init_data struct does not have all its members
initialized, causing issues when trying to expose the internal
clock on the CLK pin.
Fix this by zero-initializing the clk_init_data struct.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/kasan: Fix addr error caused by page alignment
In kasan_init_region, when k_start is not page aligned, at the begin of
for loop, k_cur = k_start & PAGE_MASK is less than k_start, and then
`va = block + k_cur - k_start` is less than block, the addr va is invalid,
because the memory address space from va to block is not alloced by
memblock_alloc, which will not be reserved by memblock_reserve later, it
will be used by other places.
As a result, memory overwriting occurs.
for example:
int __init __weak kasan_init_region(void *start, size_t size)
{
[...]
/* if say block(dcd97000) k_start(feef7400) k_end(feeff3fe) */
block = memblock_alloc(k_end - k_start, PAGE_SIZE);
[...]
for (k_cur = k_start & PAGE_MASK; k_cur < k_end; k_cur += PAGE_SIZE) {
/* at the begin of for loop
* block(dcd97000) va(dcd96c00) k_cur(feef7000) k_start(feef7400)
* va(dcd96c00) is less than block(dcd97000), va is invalid
*/
void *va = block + k_cur - k_start;
[...]
}
[...]
}
Therefore, page alignment is performed on k_start before
memblock_alloc() to ensure the validity of the VA address.
CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
interconnect: qcom: sc8180x: Mark CO0 BCM keepalive
The CO0 BCM needs to be up at all times, otherwise some hardware (like
the UFS controller) loses its connection to the rest of the SoC,
resulting in a hang of the platform, accompanied by a spectacular
logspam.
Mark it as keepalive to prevent such cases.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-04-03