CVE-2024-56619

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix potential out-of-bounds memory access in nilfs_find_entry() Syzbot reported that when searching for records in a directory where the inode's i_size is corrupted and has a large value, memory access outside the folio/page range may occur, or a use-after-free bug may be detected if KASAN is enabled. This is because nilfs_last_byte(), which is called by nilfs_find_entry() and others to calculate the number of valid bytes of directory data in a page from i_size and the page index, loses the upper 32 bits of the 64-bit size information due to an inappropriate type of local variable to which the i_size value is assigned. This caused a large byte offset value due to underflow in the end address calculation in the calling nilfs_find_entry(), resulting in memory access that exceeds the folio/page size. Fix this issue by changing the type of the local variable causing the bit loss from "unsigned int" to "u64". The return value of nilfs_last_byte() is also of type "unsigned int", but it is truncated so as not to exceed PAGE_SIZE and no bit loss occurs, so no change is required.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedDec 27, 2024
First seenDec 27, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.30 ≤ v < 5.4.287, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.231, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.174, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.120, 6.2 ≤ v ≤ 6.6.66, 6.7 ≤ v ≤ 6.12.5, 6.135.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120

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