// For flags

CVE-2024-50278

dm cache: fix potential out-of-bounds access on the first resume

Severity Score

"-"
*CVSS v-

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

dm cache: fix potential out-of-bounds access on the first resume

Out-of-bounds access occurs if the fast device is expanded unexpectedly
before the first-time resume of the cache table. This happens because
expanding the fast device requires reloading the cache table for
cache_create to allocate new in-core data structures that fit the new
size, and the check in cache_preresume is not performed during the
first resume, leading to the issue.

Reproduce steps:

1. prepare component devices:

dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0"
dmsetup create cdata --table "0 65536 linear /dev/sdc 8192"
dmsetup create corig --table "0 524288 linear /dev/sdc 262144"
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/cmeta bs=4k count=1 oflag=direct

2. load a cache table of 512 cache blocks, and deliberately expand the
fast device before resuming the cache, making the in-core data
structures inadequate.

dmsetup create cache --notable
dmsetup reload cache --table "0 524288 cache /dev/mapper/cmeta \n/dev/mapper/cdata /dev/mapper/corig 128 2 metadata2 writethrough smq 0"
dmsetup reload cdata --table "0 131072 linear /dev/sdc 8192"
dmsetup resume cdata
dmsetup resume cache

3. suspend the cache to write out the in-core dirty bitset and hint
array, leading to out-of-bounds access to the dirty bitset at offset
0x40:

dmsetup suspend cache

KASAN reports:

BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in is_dirty_callback+0x2b/0x80
Read of size 8 at addr ffffc90000085040 by task dmsetup/90

(...snip...)
The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at
[ffffc90000085000, ffffc90000087000) created by:
cache_ctr+0x176a/0x35f0

(...snip...)
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffffc90000084f00: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
ffffc90000084f80: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
>ffffc90000085000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
^
ffffc90000085080: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
ffffc90000085100: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8

Fix by checking the size change on the first resume.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
-
Attack Complexity
-
Privileges Required
-
User Interaction
-
Scope
-
Confidentiality
-
Integrity
-
Availability
-
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-11-19 CVE Published
  • 2024-11-19 CVE Updated
  • 2024-11-19 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 4.19.324
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 4.19.324"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 5.4.286
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 5.4.286"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 5.10.230
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 5.10.230"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 5.15.172
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 5.15.172"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 6.1.117
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 6.1.117"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 6.6.61
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 6.6.61"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 6.11.8
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 6.11.8"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 3.13 < 6.12
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.13 < 6.12"
en
Affected