Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-47690

Disclosure Date: October 21, 2024 •
CVE-2024-47690 CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5
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Description

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

f2fs: get rid of online repaire on corrupted directory

syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:

kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:896!
RIP: 0010:f2fs_evict_inode+0x1598/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:896
Call Trace:
evict+0x532/0x950 fs/inode.c:704
dispose_list fs/inode.c:747 [inline]
evict_inodes+0x5f9/0x690 fs/inode.c:797
generic_shutdown_super+0x9d/0x2d0 fs/super.c:627
kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1696
kill_f2fs_super+0x344/0x690 fs/f2fs/super.c:4898
deactivate_locked_super+0xc4/0x130 fs/super.c:473
cleanup_mnt+0x41f/0x4b0 fs/namespace.c:1373
task_work_run+0x24f/0x310 kernel/task_work.c:228
ptrace_notify+0x2d2/0x380 kernel/signal.c:2402
ptrace_report_syscall include/linux/ptrace.h:415 [inline]
ptrace_report_syscall_exit include/linux/ptrace.h:477 [inline]
syscall_exit_work+0xc6/0x190 kernel/entry/common.c:173
syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare kernel/entry/common.c:200 [inline]
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:205 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x279/0x370 kernel/entry/common.c:218
do_syscall_64+0x100/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:89
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0010:f2fs_evict_inode+0x1598/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:896

Online repaire on corrupted directory in f2fs_lookup() can generate
dirty data/meta while racing w/ readonly remount, it may leave dirty
inode after filesystem becomes readonly, however, checkpoint() will
skips flushing dirty inode in a state of readonly mode, result in
above panic.

Let’s get rid of online repaire in f2fs_lookup(), and leave the work
to fsck.f2fs.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Linux e8d64f598eeb
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel
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