CVE-2022-49464

Description

From CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix buffer copy overflow of ztailpacking feature I got some KASAN report as below: [ 46.959738] ================================================================== [ 46.960430] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] Read of size 4074 at addr ffff8880300c2f8e by task fssum/188 ... [ 46.960430] Call Trace: [ 46.960430] <TASK> [ 46.960430] dump_stack_lvl+0x41/0x5e [ 46.960430] print_report.cold+0xb2/0x6b7 [ 46.960430] ? z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] kasan_report+0x8a/0x140 [ 46.960430] ? z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] kasan_check_range+0x14d/0x1d0 [ 46.960430] memcpy+0x20/0x60 [ 46.960430] z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] z_erofs_decompress_pcluster+0xaae/0x1080 The root cause is that the tail pcluster won't be a complete filesystem block anymore. So if ztailpacking is used, the second part of an uncompressed tail pcluster may not be ``rq->pageofs_out``.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score7.8N/A7.8
Attack VectorLocalN/ALocal
Attack ComplexityLowN/ALow
Privileges RequiredLowN/ALow
User InteractionNoneN/ANone
ScopeUnchangedN/AUnchanged
ConfidentialityHighN/AHigh
Integrity ImpactHighN/AHigh
Availability ImpactHighN/AHigh

Vector

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

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory

The use of previously freed memory may corrupt valid data, if the memory area in question has been allocated and used properly elsewhere.

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

If chunk consolidation occurs after the use of previously freed data, the process may crash when invalid data is used as chunk information.

Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Read Memory

Read operations on freed memory can sometimes leak sensitive information instead of causing a crash

Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

If malicious data is entered before chunk consolidation can take place, it may be possible to take advantage of a write-what-where primitive to execute arbitrary code. If the newly allocated data happens to hold a class, in C++ for example, various function pointers may be scattered within the heap data. If one of these function pointers is overwritten with an address to valid shellcode, execution of arbitrary code can be achieved.

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