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CVE-2024-53066

nfs: Fix KMSAN warning in decode_getfattr_attrs()

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Descriptions

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

nfs: Fix KMSAN warning in decode_getfattr_attrs()

Fix the following KMSAN warning:

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7651 Comm: cp Tainted: G B
Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
=====================================================
=====================================================
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in decode_getfattr_attrs+0x2d6d/0x2f90
decode_getfattr_attrs+0x2d6d/0x2f90
decode_getfattr_generic+0x806/0xb00
nfs4_xdr_dec_getattr+0x1de/0x240
rpcauth_unwrap_resp_decode+0xab/0x100
rpcauth_unwrap_resp+0x95/0xc0
call_decode+0x4ff/0xb50
__rpc_execute+0x57b/0x19d0
rpc_execute+0x368/0x5e0
rpc_run_task+0xcfe/0xee0
nfs4_proc_getattr+0x5b5/0x990
__nfs_revalidate_inode+0x477/0xd00
nfs_access_get_cached+0x1021/0x1cc0
nfs_do_access+0x9f/0xae0
nfs_permission+0x1e4/0x8c0
inode_permission+0x356/0x6c0
link_path_walk+0x958/0x1330
path_lookupat+0xce/0x6b0
filename_lookup+0x23e/0x770
vfs_statx+0xe7/0x970
vfs_fstatat+0x1f2/0x2c0
__se_sys_newfstatat+0x67/0x880
__x64_sys_newfstatat+0xbd/0x120
x64_sys_call+0x1826/0x3cf0
do_syscall_64+0xd0/0x1b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The KMSAN warning is triggered in decode_getfattr_attrs(), when calling
decode_attr_mdsthreshold(). It appears that fattr->mdsthreshold is not
initialized.

Fix the issue by initializing fattr->mdsthreshold to NULL in
nfs_fattr_init().

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Timeline
  • 2024-11-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-11-19 CVE Published
  • 2024-11-19 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 4.19.324
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 5.4.286
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 5.10.230
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 5.15.172
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 6.1.117
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 6.6.61
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Linux
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>= 3.5 < 6.11.8
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>= 3.5 < 6.12
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