CVE-2024-35832 bcachefs: kvfree bch_fs::snapshots in bch2_fs_snapshots_exit

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel bcachefs module causes a system crash during unmount due to incorrect memory deallocation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-35832?

CVE-2024-35832 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

bcachefs: kvfree bch_fs::snapshots in bch2_fs_snapshots_exit

bch_fs::snapshots is allocated by kvzalloc in __snapshot_t_mut. It should be freed by kvfree not kfree. Or umount will triger:

[ 406.829178 ] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffe7b487148008 [ 406.830676 ] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 406.831643 ] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 406.832487 ] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 406.832898 ] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 406.833512 ] CPU: 2 PID: 1754 Comm: umount Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.7.0-rc7-custom+ #90 [ 406.834746 ] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014 [ 406.835796 ] RIP: 0010:kfree+0x62/0x140 [ 406.836197 ] Code: 80 48 01 d8 0f 82 e9 00 00 00 48 c7 c2 00 00 00 80 48 2b 15 78 9f 1f 01 48 01 d0 48 c1 e8 0c 48 c1 e0 06 48 03 05 56 9f 1f 01 <48> 8b 50 08 48 89 c7 f6 c2 01 0f 85 b0 00 00 00 66 90 48 8b 07 f6 [ 406.837810 ] RSP: 0018:ffffb9d641607e48 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 406.838213 ] RAX: ffffe7b487148000 RBX: ffffb9d645200000 RCX: ffffb9d641607dc4 [ 406.838738 ] RDX: 000065bb00000000 RSI: ffffffffc0d88b84 RDI: ffffb9d645200000 [ 406.839217 ] RBP: ffff9a4625d00068 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 406.839650 ] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 000000000000001f R12: ffff9a4625d4da80 [ 406.840055 ] R13: ffff9a4625d00000 R14: ffffffffc0e2eb20 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 406.840451 ] FS: 00007f0a264ffb80(0000) GS:ffff9a4e2d500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 406.840851 ] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 406.841125 ] CR2: ffffe7b487148008 CR3: 000000018c4d2000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 406.841464 ] Call Trace: [ 406.841583 ] <TASK> [ 406.841682 ] ? __die+0x1f/0x70 [ 406.841828 ] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x470 [ 406.842014 ] ? fixup_exception+0x22/0x310 [ 406.842198 ] ? exc_page_fault+0x1ed/0x200 [ 406.842382 ] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 406.842574 ] ? bch2_fs_release+0x54/0x280 [bcachefs] [ 406.842842 ] ? kfree+0x62/0x140 [ 406.842988 ] ? kfree+0x104/0x140 [ 406.843138 ] bch2_fs_release+0x54/0x280 [bcachefs] [ 406.843390 ] kobject_put+0xb7/0x170 [ 406.843552 ] deactivate_locked_super+0x2f/0xa0 [ 406.843756 ] cleanup_mnt+0xba/0x150 [ 406.843917 ] task_work_run+0x59/0xa0 [ 406.844083 ] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x197/0x1a0 [ 406.844302 ] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 [ 406.844510 ] do_syscall_64+0x4e/0xf0 [ 406.844675 ] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 [ 406.844907 ] RIP: 0033:0x7f0a2664e4fb

Weakness: CWE-763

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35832?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-35832?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-35832 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35832 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-35832, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35832, GHSA-jwj4-6vq9-qvx8, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-35832, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35832.

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