Linux Kernel up to 5.15.160/6.1.92/6.6.32/6.9.3 f2fs Image /dev/vdb extra_attr assertion

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.160/6.1.92/6.6.32/6.9.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is the function extra_attr of the file /dev/vdb of the component f2fs Image Handler. This manipulation causes assertion. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-33847. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.160/6.1.92/6.6.32/6.9.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function extra_attr of the file /dev/vdb of the component f2fs Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a assertion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-617. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: compress: don't allow unaligned truncation on released compress inode f2fs image may be corrupted after below testcase: - mkfs.f2fs -O extra_attr,compression -f /dev/vdb - mount /dev/vdb /mnt/f2fs - touch /mnt/f2fs/file - f2fs_io setflags compression /mnt/f2fs/file - dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/file bs=4k count=4 - f2fs_io release_cblocks /mnt/f2fs/file - truncate -s 8192 /mnt/f2fs/file - umount /mnt/f2fs - fsck.f2fs /dev/vdb [ASSERT] (fsck_chk_inode_blk:1256) --> ino: 0x5 has i_blocks: 0x00000002, but has 0x3 blocks [FSCK] valid_block_count matching with CP [Fail] [0x4, 0x5] [FSCK] other corrupted bugs [Fail] The reason is: partial truncation assume compressed inode has reserved blocks, after partial truncation, valid block count may change w/o .i_blocks and .total_valid_block_count update, result in corruption. This patch only allow cluster size aligned truncation on released compress inode for fixing.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-33847. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207738 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7009-2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33 or 6.9.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b8962cf98595/8acae0472150/3ccf5210dc94/9f9341064a9b/5268241b41b1/29ed2b5dd521 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (207738). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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