High · published October 21, 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at()
We hit the following use-after-free:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at+0xba8/0xcc0
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810548ed08 by task kworker/u20:0/40
CPU: 0 PID: 40 Comm: kworker/u20:0 Not tainted 6.9.0-dirty #724
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_report+0x93/0xc0
ext4_split_extent_at+0xba8/0xcc0
ext4_split_extent.isra.0+0x18f/0x500
ext4_split_convert_extents+0x275/0x750
ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents+0x73e/0x1580
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe20/0x2dc0
ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700
ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70
[...]
Allocated by task 40:
__kmalloc_noprof+0x1ac/0x480
ext4_find_extent+0xf3b/0x1e70
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x188/0x2dc0
ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700
ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70
[...]
Freed by task 40:
kfree+0xf1/0x2b0
ext4_find_extent+0xa71/0x1e70
ext4_ext_insert_extent+0xa22/0x3260
ext4_split_extent_at+0x3ef/0xcc0
ext4_split_extent.isra.0+0x18f/0x500
ext4_split_convert_extents+0x275/0x750
ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents+0x73e/0x1580
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe20/0x2dc0
ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700
ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70
[...]
==================================================================
The flow of issue triggering is as follows:
ext4_split_extent_at
path = *ppath
ext4_ext_insert_extent(ppath)
ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(ppath)
ext4_find_extent(orig_path)
path = *orig_path
read_extent_tree_block
// return -ENOMEM or -EIO
ext4_free_ext_path(path)
kfree(path)
*orig_path = NULL
a. If err is -ENOMEM:
ext4_ext_dirty(path + path->p_depth)
// path use-after-free !!!
b. If err is -EIO and we have EXT_DEBUG defined:
ext4_ext_show_leaf(path)
eh = path[depth].p_hdr
// path also use-after-free !!!
So when trying to zeroout or fix the extent length, call ext4_find_extent()
to update the path.
In addition we use *ppath directly as an ext4_ext_show_leaf() input to
avoid possible use-after-free when EXT_DEBUG is defined, and to avoid
unnecessary path updates.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/debian_linux | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 3.18, < 4.19.323 | 4.19.323 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.290 | 5.4.290 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.227 | 5.10.227 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | 5.15.168 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | 6.1.113 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.55 | 6.6.55 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | 6.10.14 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3 | 6.11.3 |