ghsa-p85v-4hp9-vq4r
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref in block_touch_buffer tracepoint
Patch series "nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref bugs on block tracepoints".
This series fixes null pointer dereference bugs that occur when using nilfs2 and two block-related tracepoints.
This patch (of 2):
It has been reported that when using "block:block_touch_buffer" tracepoint, touch_buffer() called from __nilfs_get_folio_block() causes a NULL pointer dereference, or a general protection fault when KASAN is enabled.
This happens because since the tracepoint was added in touch_buffer(), it references the dev_t member bh->b_bdev->bd_dev regardless of whether the buffer head has a pointer to a block_device structure. In the current implementation, the block_device structure is set after the function returns to the caller.
Here, touch_buffer() is used to mark the folio/page that owns the buffer head as accessed, but the common search helper for folio/page used by the caller function was optimized to mark the folio/page as accessed when it was reimplemented a long time ago, eliminating the need to call touch_buffer() here in the first place.
So this solves the issue by eliminating the touch_buffer() call itself.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-53131"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-04T15:15:13Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref in block_touch_buffer tracepoint\n\nPatch series \"nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref bugs on block tracepoints\".\n\nThis series fixes null pointer dereference bugs that occur when using\nnilfs2 and two block-related tracepoints.\n\n\nThis patch (of 2):\n\nIt has been reported that when using \"block:block_touch_buffer\"\ntracepoint, touch_buffer() called from __nilfs_get_folio_block() causes a\nNULL pointer dereference, or a general protection fault when KASAN is\nenabled.\n\nThis happens because since the tracepoint was added in touch_buffer(), it\nreferences the dev_t member bh-\u003eb_bdev-\u003ebd_dev regardless of whether the\nbuffer head has a pointer to a block_device structure. In the current\nimplementation, the block_device structure is set after the function\nreturns to the caller.\n\nHere, touch_buffer() is used to mark the folio/page that owns the buffer\nhead as accessed, but the common search helper for folio/page used by the\ncaller function was optimized to mark the folio/page as accessed when it\nwas reimplemented a long time ago, eliminating the need to call\ntouch_buffer() here in the first place.\n\nSo this solves the issue by eliminating the touch_buffer() call itself.",
"id": "GHSA-p85v-4hp9-vq4r",
"modified": "2024-12-11T15:31:16Z",
"published": "2024-12-04T15:31:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53131"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/085556bf8c70e2629e02e79268dac3016a08b8bf"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b2a4fd9bbee77afdd3ed5a05a0c02b6cde8d3b9"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59b49ca67cca7b007a5afd3de0283c8008157665"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e47f89d32c2d72eb33d0becbce7abe14d061f4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd45e963e44b0f10d90b9e6c0e8b4f47f3c92471"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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