CVE-2025-40244
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent() The syzbot reported issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent(): [ 70.194323][ T9350] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x7d0/0x990 [ 70.195022][ T9350] __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x7d0/0x990 [ 70.195530][ T9350] hfsplus_file_extend+0x74f/0x1cf0 [ 70.195998][ T9350] hfsplus_get_block+0xe16/0x17b0 [ 70.196458][ T9350] __block_write_begin_int+0x962/0x2ce0 [ 70.196959][ T9350] cont_write_begin+0x1000/0x1950 [ 70.197416][ T9350] hfsplus_write_begin+0x85/0x130 [ 70.197873][ T9350] generic_perform_write+0x3e8/0x1060 [ 70.198374][ T9350] __generic_file_write_iter+0x215/0x460 [ 70.198892][ T9350] generic_file_write_iter+0x109/0x5e0 [ 70.199393][ T9350] vfs_write+0xb0f/0x14e0 [ 70.199771][ T9350] ksys_write+0x23e/0x490 [ 70.200149][ T9350] __x64_sys_write+0x97/0xf0 [ 70.200570][ T9350] x64_sys_call+0x3015/0x3cf0 [ 70.201065][ T9350] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0 [ 70.201506][ T9350] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 70.202054][ T9350] [ 70.202279][ T9350] Uninit was created at: [ 70.202693][ T9350] __kmalloc_noprof+0x621/0xf80 [ 70.203149][ T9350] hfsplus_find_init+0x8d/0x1d0 [ 70.203602][ T9350] hfsplus_file_extend+0x6ca/0x1cf0 [ 70.204087][ T9350] hfsplus_get_block+0xe16/0x17b0 [ 70.204561][ T9350] __block_write_begin_int+0x962/0x2ce0 [ 70.205074][ T9350] cont_write_begin+0x1000/0x1950 [ 70.205547][ T9350] hfsplus_write_begin+0x85/0x130 [ 70.206017][ T9350] generic_perform_write+0x3e8/0x1060 [ 70.206519][ T9350] __generic_file_write_iter+0x215/0x460 [ 70.207042][ T9350] generic_file_write_iter+0x109/0x5e0 [ 70.207552][ T9350] vfs_write+0xb0f/0x14e0 [ 70.207961][ T9350] ksys_write+0x23e/0x490 [ 70.208375][ T9350] __x64_sys_write+0x97/0xf0 [ 70.208810][ T9350] x64_sys_call+0x3015/0x3cf0 [ 70.209255][ T9350] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0 [ 70.209680][ T9350] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 70.210230][ T9350] [ 70.210454][ T9350] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 9350 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5 #5 [ 70.211174][ T9350] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 70.212115][ T9350] ===================================================== [ 70.212734][ T9350] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 70.213284][ T9350] Kernel panic - not syncing: kmsan.panic set ... [ 70.213858][ T9350] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 9350 Comm: repro Tainted: G B 6.12.0-rc5 #5 [ 70.214679][ T9350] Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE [ 70.215057][ T9350] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 70.215999][ T9350] Call Trace: [ 70.216309][ T9350] <TASK> [ 70.216585][ T9350] dump_stack_lvl+0x1fd/0x2b0 [ 70.217025][ T9350] dump_stack+0x1e/0x30 [ 70.217421][ T9350] panic+0x502/0xca0 [ 70.217803][ T9350] ? kmsan_get_metadata+0x13e/0x1c0 [ 70.218294][ Message fromT sy9350] kmsan_report+0x296/slogd@syzkaller 0x2aat Aug 18 22:11:058 ... kernel :[ 70.213284][ T9350] Kernel panic - not syncing: kmsan.panic [ 70.220179][ T9350] ? kmsan_get_metadata+0x13e/0x1c0 set ... [ 70.221254][ T9350] ? __msan_warning+0x96/0x120 [ 70.222066][ T9350] ? __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x7d0/0x990 [ 70.223023][ T9350] ? hfsplus_file_extend+0x74f/0x1cf0 [ 70.224120][ T9350] ? hfsplus_get_block+0xe16/0x17b0 [ 70.224946][ T9350] ? __block_write_begin_int+0x962/0x2ce0 [ 70.225756][ T9350] ? cont_write_begin+0x1000/0x1950 [ 70.226337][ T9350] ? hfsplus_write_begin+0x85/0x130 [ 70.226852][ T9350] ? generic_perform_write+0x3e8/0x1060 [ 70.227405][ T9350] ? __generic_file_write_iter+0x215/0x460 [ 70.227979][ T9350] ? generic_file_write_iter+0x109/0x5e0 [ 70.228540][ T9350] ? vfs_write+0xb0f/0x14e0 [ 70.228997][ T9350] ? ksys_write+0x23e/0x490 ---truncated---
How to fix
- Linux Linuxc1ec90bed504640a42bb20a5f413be39cd17ad71, b8a72692aa42b7dcd179a96b90bc2763ac74576a, c135b8dca65526aa5b8814e9954e0ae317d9c598, d7e313039a8f3a6ee072dc5ff4643234d2d735cf, a5bfb13b4f406aef1a450f99d22d3e48df01528c, 99202d94909d323a30d154ab0261c0a07166daec, 14c673a2f3ecf650b694a52a88688f1d71849899, 4840ceadef4290c56cc422f0fc697655f3cbf070 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < c1ec90bed504640a42bb20a5f413be39cd17ad71, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < b8a72692aa42b7dcd179a96b90bc2763ac74576a, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < c135b8dca65526aa5b8814e9954e0ae317d9c598, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < d7e313039a8f3a6ee072dc5ff4643234d2d735cf, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < a5bfb13b4f406aef1a450f99d22d3e48df01528c, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 99202d94909d323a30d154ab0261c0a07166daec, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 14c673a2f3ecf650b694a52a88688f1d71849899, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 4840ceadef4290c56cc422f0fc697655f3cbf070, 2.6.12 | c1ec90bed504640a42bb20a5f413be39cd17ad71, b8a72692aa42b7dcd179a96b90bc2763ac74576a, c135b8dca65526aa5b8814e9954e0ae317d9c598, d7e313039a8f3a6ee072dc5ff4643234d2d735cf, a5bfb13b4f406aef1a450f99d22d3e48df01528c, 99202d94909d323a30d154ab0261c0a07166daec, 14c673a2f3ecf650b694a52a88688f1d71849899, 4840ceadef4290c56cc422f0fc697655f3cbf070 |
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