CVE-2024-26844

Summary

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

block: Fix WARNING in _copy_from_iter

Syzkaller reports a warning in _copy_from_iter because an iov_iter is supposedly used in the wrong direction. The reason is that syzcaller managed to generate a request with a transfer direction of SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV. This instructs the kernel to copy user buffers into the kernel, read into the copied buffers and then copy the data back to user space.

Thus the iovec is used in both directions.

Detect this situation in the block layer and construct a new iterator with the correct direction for the copy-in.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux9124d3fe21b0947b03f4b87bcfb7acd675d6e85b < 8fc80874103a5c20aebdc2401361aa01c817f75baffected
LinuxLinux9124d3fe21b0947b03f4b87bcfb7acd675d6e85b < 0f1bae071de9967602807472921829a54b2e5956affected
LinuxLinux9124d3fe21b0947b03f4b87bcfb7acd675d6e85b < cbaf9be337f7da25742acfce325119e3395b1f1baffected
LinuxLinux9124d3fe21b0947b03f4b87bcfb7acd675d6e85b < 13f3956eb5681a4045a8dfdef48df5dc4d9f58a6affected
LinuxLinux4.0affected
LinuxLinux0 < 4.0unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.80 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.19 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.7.7 <= 6.7.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.8 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

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