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CVE-2022-50442

HIGH
7.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate buffer length while parsing index indx_read is called when we have some NTFS directory operations that need more information from the index buffers. This adds a sanity check to make sure the returned index buffer length is legit, or we may have some out-of-bound memory accesses. [ 560.897595] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.898321] Read of size 2 at addr ffff888009497238 by task exp/245 [ 560.898760] [ 560.899129] CPU: 0 PID: 245 Comm: exp Not tainted 6.0.0-rc6 #37 [ 560.899505] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 560.900170] Call Trace: [ 560.900407] <TASK> [ 560.900732] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 [ 560.901108] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689 [ 560.901395] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.901716] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130 [ 560.901950] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.902208] __asan_load2+0x68/0x90 [ 560.902427] hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.902846] ? cmp_uints+0xe0/0xe0 [ 560.903363] ? cmp_sdh+0x90/0x90 [ 560.903883] ? ntfs_bread_run+0x190/0x190 [ 560.904196] ? rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x750/0x750 [ 560.904969] ? ntfs_fix_post_read+0xe0/0x130 [ 560.905259] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 560.905599] ? up_read+0x1a/0x90 [ 560.905853] ? indx_read+0x22c/0x380 [ 560.906096] indx_find+0x2ef/0x470 [ 560.906352] ? indx_find_buffer+0x2d0/0x2d0 [ 560.906692] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xb0 [ 560.906977] dir_search_u+0x196/0x2f0 [ 560.907220] ? ntfs_nls_to_utf16+0x450/0x450 [ 560.907464] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 560.907747] ? mutex_lock+0x8f/0xe0 [ 560.907970] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x20/0x20 [ 560.908214] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x143/0x4b0 [ 560.908459] ntfs_lookup+0xe0/0x100 [ 560.908788] __lookup_slow+0x116/0x220 [ 560.909050] ? lookup_fast+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 560.909309] ? lookup_fast+0x13f/0x1b0 [ 560.909601] walk_component+0x187/0x230 [ 560.909944] link_path_walk.part.0+0x3f0/0x660 [ 560.910285] ? handle_lookup_down+0x90/0x90 [ 560.910618] ? path_init+0x642/0x6e0 [ 560.911084] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x6e/0xf0 [ 560.912559] ? __alloc_file+0x114/0x170 [ 560.913008] path_openat+0x19c/0x1d10 [ 560.913419] ? getname_flags+0x73/0x2b0 [ 560.913815] ? kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x50 [ 560.914125] ? kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50 [ 560.914542] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6d/0x90 [ 560.914924] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x143/0x4b0 [ 560.915339] ? getname_flags+0x73/0x2b0 [ 560.915647] ? getname+0x12/0x20 [ 560.916114] ? __x64_sys_open+0x4c/0x60 [ 560.916460] ? path_lookupat.isra.0+0x230/0x230 [ 560.916867] ? __isolate_free_page+0x2e0/0x2e0 [ 560.917194] do_filp_open+0x15c/0x1f0 [ 560.917448] ? may_open_dev+0x60/0x60 [ 560.917696] ? expand_files+0xa4/0x3a0 [ 560.917923] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 560.918185] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x88/0xdb [ 560.918409] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x100/0x100 [ 560.918783] ? _find_next_bit+0x4a/0x130 [ 560.919026] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x19/0x40 [ 560.919276] ? alloc_fd+0x14b/0x2d0 [ 560.919635] do_sys_openat2+0x32a/0x4b0 [ 560.920035] ? file_open_root+0x230/0x230 [ 560.920336] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x5b/0x280 [ 560.920813] do_sys_open+0x99/0xf0 [ 560.921208] ? filp_open+0x60/0x60 [ 560.921482] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x49/0x180 [ 560.921867] __x64_sys_open+0x4c/0x60 [ 560.922128] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 560.922369] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 560.923030] RIP: 0033:0x7f7dff2e4469 [ 560.923681] Code: 00 f3 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 088 [ 560.924451] RSP: 002b:00007ffd41a210b8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 [ 560.925168] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f7dff2e4469 [ 560.925655] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ---truncated---

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50442
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50442
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50442

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

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