UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dtSplitRoot

Summary

CVECVE-2023-52603
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-03-06 07:15:11 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 10:18:33 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dtSplitRoot Syzkaller reported the following issue: oop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 32768 UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:1971:9 index -2 is out of range for type 'struct dtslot [128]' CPU: 0 PID: 3613 Comm: syz-executor270 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-09423-g493ffd6605b2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0xdb/0x130 lib/ubsan.c:283 dtSplitRoot+0x8d8/0x1900 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:1971 dtSplitUp fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:985 [inline] dtInsert+0x1189/0x6b80 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:863 jfs_mkdir+0x757/0xb00 fs/jfs/namei.c:270 vfs_mkdir+0x3b3/0x590 fs/namei.c:4013 do_mkdirat+0x279/0x550 fs/namei.c:4038 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4053 [inline] __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4051 [inline] __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4051 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7fcdc0113fd9 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffeb8bc67d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000102 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fcdc0113fd9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000340 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007fcdc00d37a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fcdc00d37a0 R10: 00005555559a72c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000f8008000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00083878000000f8 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> The issue is caused when the value of fsi becomes less than -1. The check to break the loop when fsi value becomes -1 is present but syzbot was able to produce value less than -1 which cause the error. This patch simply add the change for the values less than 0. The patch is tested via syzbot.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-129


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 e30b52a2ea3d1e0aaee68096957cf90a2f4ec5af git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 fd3486a893778770557649fe28afa5e463d4ed07 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 7aa33854477d9c346f5560a1a1fcb3fe7783e2a8 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 e4ce01c25ccbea02a09a5291c21749b1fc358e39 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 e4cbc857d75d4e22a1f75446e7480b1f305d8d60 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 edff092a59260bf0b0a2eba219cb3da6372c2f9f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 6e2902ecc77e9760a9fc447f56d598383e2372d2 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 27e56f59bab5ddafbcfe69ad7a4a6ea1279c1b16 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 2.6.12 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 2.6.12 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.19.307 4.19.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.4.269 5.4.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.210 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.149 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.77 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.16 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.7.4 6.7.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.8 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aa33854477d9c346f5560a1a1fcb3fe7783e2a8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2902ecc77e9760a9fc447f56d598383e2372d2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4cbc857d75d4e22a1f75446e7480b1f305d8d60 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/27e56f59bab5ddafbcfe69ad7a4a6ea1279c1b16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e30b52a2ea3d1e0aaee68096957cf90a2f4ec5af af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/edff092a59260bf0b0a2eba219cb3da6372c2f9f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4ce01c25ccbea02a09a5291c21749b1fc358e39 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd3486a893778770557649fe28afa5e463d4ed07 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 200182 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6688-1)
  • 6000567 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5658-1)

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