Linux Kernel up to 6.6.23/6.7.11/6.8.2 md-bitmap sb_index denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.23/6.7.11/6.8.2. Impacted is the function sb_index of the component md-bitmap. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-35787. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.23/6.7.11/6.8.2. This affects the function sb_index of the component md-bitmap. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/md-bitmap: fix incorrect usage for sb_index Commit d7038f951828 ("md-bitmap: don't use ->index for pages backing the bitmap file") removed page->index from bitmap code, but left wrong code logic for clustered-md. current code never set slot offset for cluster nodes, will sometimes cause crash in clustered env. Call trace (partly): md_bitmap_file_set_bit+0x110/0x1d8 [md_mod] md_bitmap_startwrite+0x13c/0x240 [md_mod] raid1_make_request+0x6b0/0x1c08 [raid1] md_handle_request+0x1dc/0x368 [md_mod] md_submit_bio+0x80/0xf8 [md_mod] __submit_bio+0x178/0x300 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x11c/0x338 submit_bio_noacct+0x134/0x614 submit_bio+0x28/0xdc submit_bh_wbc+0x130/0x1cc submit_bh+0x1c/0x28

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-35787. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210815 (RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:9315)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.24, 6.7.12 or 6.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 736ad6c577a3/55e55eb65fd5/5a95815b1742/ecbd8ebb51bf is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (210815) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1188). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• NetApp FAS
• EMC Avamar
• IBM SAN Volume Controller
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM FlashSystem
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell Avamar
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DB2
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.7.9
• 6.7.10
• 6.7.11
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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