Bug 2320253 (CVE-2024-47690)

Summary:	CVE-2024-47690 kernel: f2fs: get rid of online repaire on corrupted directory
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 13:05:44 UTC

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

f2fs: get rid of online repaire on corrupted directory

syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:

kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:896!
RIP: 0010:f2fs_evict_inode+0x1598/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:896
Call Trace:
 evict+0x532/0x950 fs/inode.c:704
 dispose_list fs/inode.c:747 [inline]
 evict_inodes+0x5f9/0x690 fs/inode.c:797
 generic_shutdown_super+0x9d/0x2d0 fs/super.c:627
 kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1696
 kill_f2fs_super+0x344/0x690 fs/f2fs/super.c:4898
 deactivate_locked_super+0xc4/0x130 fs/super.c:473
 cleanup_mnt+0x41f/0x4b0 fs/namespace.c:1373
 task_work_run+0x24f/0x310 kernel/task_work.c:228
 ptrace_notify+0x2d2/0x380 kernel/signal.c:2402
 ptrace_report_syscall include/linux/ptrace.h:415 [inline]
 ptrace_report_syscall_exit include/linux/ptrace.h:477 [inline]
 syscall_exit_work+0xc6/0x190 kernel/entry/common.c:173
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare kernel/entry/common.c:200 [inline]
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:205 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x279/0x370 kernel/entry/common.c:218
 do_syscall_64+0x100/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0010:f2fs_evict_inode+0x1598/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:896

Online repaire on corrupted directory in f2fs_lookup() can generate
dirty data/meta while racing w/ readonly remount, it may leave dirty
inode after filesystem becomes readonly, however, checkpoint() will
skips flushing dirty inode in a state of readonly mode, result in
above panic.

Let's get rid of online repaire in f2fs_lookup(), and leave the work
to fsck.f2fs.

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-10-21 15:27:34 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102110-CVE-2024-47690-113f@gregkh/T