CVE-2024-40998

ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()

published July 12, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()

In the following concurrency we will access the uninitialized rs->lock:

ext4_fill_super

ext4_register_sysfs

// sysfs registered msg_ratelimit_interval_ms

// Other processes modify rs->interval to

// non-zero via msg_ratelimit_interval_ms

ext4_orphan_cleanup

ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "Errors on filesystem, "

__ext4_msg

___ratelimit(&(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_msg_ratelimit_state)

if (!rs->interval) // do nothing if interval is 0

return 1;

raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&rs->lock, flags)

raw_spin_trylock(lock)

_raw_spin_trylock

__raw_spin_trylock

spin_acquire(&lock->dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_)

lock_acquire

__lock_acquire

register_lock_class

assign_lock_key

dump_stack();

ratelimit_state_init(&sbi->s_msg_ratelimit_state, 5 * HZ, 10);

raw_spin_lock_init(&rs->lock);

// init rs->lock here

and get the following dump_stack:

=========================================================

INFO: trying to register non-static key.

The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe

you didn't initialize this object before use?

turning off the locking correctness validator.

CPU: 12 PID: 753 Comm: mount Tainted: G E 6.7.0-rc6-next-20231222 #504

[...]

Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0xc5/0x170

dump_stack+0x18/0x30

register_lock_class+0x740/0x7c0

__lock_acquire+0x69/0x13a0

lock_acquire+0x120/0x450

_raw_spin_trylock+0x98/0xd0

___ratelimit+0xf6/0x220

__ext4_msg+0x7f/0x160 [ext4]

ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x665/0x740 [ext4]

__ext4_fill_super+0x21ea/0x2b10 [ext4]

ext4_fill_super+0x14d/0x360 [ext4]

[...]

=========================================================

Normally interval is 0 until s_msg_ratelimit_state is initialized, so

___ratelimit() does nothing. But registering sysfs precedes initializing

rs->lock, so it is possible to change rs->interval to a non-zero value

via the msg_ratelimit_interval_ms interface of sysfs while rs->lock is

uninitialized, and then a call to ext4_msg triggers the problem by

accessing an uninitialized rs->lock. Therefore register sysfs after all

initializations are complete to avoid such problems.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00271 · 18.5th percentile
Published
2024-07-12T12:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 12:37Z
    ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()
    cvelistv5