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CVE-2024-49881

ext4: update orig_path in ext4_find_extent()

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: update orig_path in ext4_find_extent() In ext4_find_extent(), if the path is not big enough, we free it and set *orig_path to NULL. But after reallocating and successfully initializing the path, we don't update *orig_path, in which case the caller gets a valid path but a NULL ppath, and this may cause a NULL pointer dereference or a path memory leak. For example: ext4_split_extent path = *ppath = 2000 ext4_find_extent if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth) kfree(path = 2000); *orig_path = path = NULL; path = kcalloc() = 3000 ext4_split_extent_at(*ppath = NULL) path = *ppath; ex = path[depth].p_ext; // NULL pointer dereference! ================================================================== BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 576 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-dirty #847 RIP: 0010:ext4_split_extent_at+0x6d/0x560 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_split_extent.isra.0+0xcb/0x1b0 ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized+0x168/0x6c0 ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents+0x325/0x4d0 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x520/0xdb0 ext4_map_blocks+0x2b0/0x690 ext4_iomap_begin+0x20e/0x2c0 [...] ================================================================== Therefore, *orig_path is updated when the extent lookup succeeds, so that the caller can safely use path or *ppath.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < ec0c0beb9b777cdd1edd7df9b36e0f3e67e2bdffaffected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < 6766937d0327000ac1b87c97bbecdd28b0dd6599affected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < a9fcb1717d75061d3653ed69365c8d45331815cdaffected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < 6801ed1298204d16a38571091e31178bfdc3c679affected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < f55ecc58d07a6c1f6d6d5b5af125c25f8da0bda2affected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < b63481b3a388ee2df9e295f97273226140422a42affected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < 11b230100d6801c014fab2afabc8bdea304c1b96affected
  • 10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279 to < 5b4b2dcace35f618fe361a87bae6f0d13af31bc1affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.18affected
  • 0 to < 3.18unaffected
  • 4.19.323 to ≤ 4.19.*unaffected
  • 5.10.227 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.168 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.113 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.55 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.10.14 to ≤ 6.10.*unaffected
  • 6.11.3 to ≤ 6.11.*unaffected
  • 6.12 to ≤ *unaffected

References