CVE-2023-53210

Summary

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

md/raid5-cache: fix null-ptr-deref for r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid()

r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid() will check if the list 'flushing_ios' is empty, and then submit 'flush_bio', however, r5l_log_flush_endio() is clearing the list first and then clear the bio, which will cause null-ptr-deref:

T1: submit flush io raid5d handle_active_stripes r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid // list is empty // add 'io_end_ios' to the list bio_init submit_bio // io1

T2: io1 is done r5l_log_flush_endio list_splice_tail_init // clear the list T3: submit new flush io … r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid // list is empty // add 'io_end_ios' to the list bio_init bio_uninit // clear bio->bi_blkg submit_bio // null-ptr-deref

Fix this problem by clearing bio before clearing the list in r5l_log_flush_endio().

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 < 711fb92606208a8626b785da4f9f23d648a5b6c8affected
LinuxLinux0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 < 7a8b6d93991bf4b72b3f959baea35397c6c8e521affected
LinuxLinux0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 < e46b2e7be8059d156af8c011dd8d665229b65886affected
LinuxLinux0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 < 0d0bd28c500173bfca78aa840f8f36d261ef1765affected
LinuxLinux5.18affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.18unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.53 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.4.16 <= 6.4.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.5.3 <= 6.5.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References