CVE-2024-37078 Affecting kernel-default-devel package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
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- published17 Aug 2024
- disclosed16 Aug 2024
Introduced: 16 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-37078 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-devel to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-devel package and not the kernel-default-devel package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix potential kernel bug due to lack of writeback flag waiting
Destructive writes to a block device on which nilfs2 is mounted can cause a kernel bug in the folio/page writeback start routine or writeback end routine (__folio_start_writeback in the log below):
kernel BUG at mm/page-writeback.c:3070! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI ... RIP: 0010:__folio_start_writeback+0xbaa/0x10e0 Code: 25 ff 0f 00 00 0f 84 18 01 00 00 e8 40 ca c6 ff e9 17 f6 ff ff e8 36 ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 80 c0 12 84 e8 e7 b3 0f 00 90 <0f> 0b e8 1f ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 a0 c6 12 84 e8 d0 b3 0f 00 ... Call Trace: <TASK> nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x4654/0x69d0 [nilfs2] nilfs_segctor_construct+0x181/0x6b0 [nilfs2] nilfs_segctor_thread+0x548/0x11c0 [nilfs2] kthread+0x2f0/0x390 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>
This is because when the log writer starts a writeback for segment summary blocks or a super root block that use the backing device's page cache, it does not wait for the ongoing folio/page writeback, resulting in an inconsistent writeback state.
Fix this issue by waiting for ongoing writebacks when putting folios/pages on the backing device into writeback state.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-37078.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227066
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ecfe3a92869a59668d27228dabbd7965e83567f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f3bff69f1214fe03a02bc650d5bbfaa6e65ae7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271dcd977ccda8c7a26e360425ae7b4db7d2ecc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33900d7eae616647e179eee1c66ebe654ee39627
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/614d397be0cf43412b3f94a0f6460eddced8ce92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f6f81e50d858a7c9aa7c795ec14a0ac3819118
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4ca369ca221bb7e06c725792ac107f0e48e82e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a75b8f493dfc48aa38c518430bd9e03b53bffebe