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CVE-2024-46701

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir After we switch tmpfs dir operations from simple_dir_operations to simple_offset_dir_operations, every rename happened will fill new dentry to dest dir's maple tree(&SHMEM_I(inode)->dir_offsets->mt) with a free key starting with octx->newx_offset, and then set newx_offset equals to free key + 1. This will lead to infinite readdir combine with rename happened at the same time, which fail generic/736 in xfstests(detail show as below). 1. create 5000 files(1 2 3...) under one dir 2. call readdir(man 3 readdir) once, and get one entry 3. rename(entry, "TEMPFILE"), then rename("TEMPFILE", entry) 4. loop 2~3, until readdir return nothing or we loop too many times(tmpfs break test with the second condition) We choose the same logic what commit 9b378f6ad48cf ("btrfs: fix infinite directory reads") to fix it, record the last_index when we open dir, and do not emit the entry which index >= last_index. The file->private_data now used in offset dir can use directly to do this, and we also update the last_index when we llseek the dir file. [brauner: only update last_index after seek when offset is zero like Jan suggested]

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.10.7-1CVE-2024-46701
Fixed in:6.10.7-1CVE-2024-46701
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.22USN-7154-1
linux-aws-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1USN-7154-1
linux-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23USN-7196-1
linux-azure-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1USN-7196-1
linux-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7154-1
linux-gcp-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7154-1
linux-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1015.19USN-7154-1
linux-gkeopUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1002.4USN-7156-1
linux-hwe-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-ibmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.17USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1002.4USN-7156-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1015.19USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1016.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.17USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1018.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7155-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7155-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.22USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1USN-7196-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23USN-7196-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fdeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1USN-7196-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23USN-7196-1
linux-image-6.8.0-50-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.22USN-7154-1
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1USN-7196-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23USN-7196-1
linux-image-azure-fdeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1USN-7196-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1020.23USN-7196-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7154-1
linux-image-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1015.19USN-7154-1
linux-image-gkeopUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1002.4USN-7156-1
linux-image-gkeop-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1002.4USN-7156-1
linux-image-ibmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.17USN-7154-1
linux-image-ibm-classicUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.17USN-7154-1
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.17USN-7154-1
linux-image-kvmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-image-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21.1USN-7155-1
linux-image-oem-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-oem-22.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-oem-22.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-oem-22.04cUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-oem-22.04dUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1018.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-oem-24.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1018.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1USN-7154-1
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1016.18USN-7154-1
linux-image-virtualUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1USN-7154-2
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51USN-7154-1
linux-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1USN-7154-1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1USN-7154-1
linux-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21USN-7155-1
linux-nvidia-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1USN-7155-1
linux-nvidia-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1019.21.1USN-7155-1
linux-oem-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1018.18USN-7154-1
linux-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18USN-7154-1
linux-oracle-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1USN-7154-1
linux-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1016.18USN-7154-1

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

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days
9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

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