Bug 2324869 (CVE-2024-50228)

Summary:	CVE-2024-50228 kernel: mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	[REJECTED CVE] A vulnerability was identified in the Linux kernel’s shmem subsystem, where a data race in shmem_getattr() could cause inconsistent inode timestamps due to concurrent access by generic_fillattr() and operations like shmem_unlink() or shmem_mknod(). This issue, detected by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN), could lead to unexpected behavior when retrieving file attributes. An attacker could potentially exploit this by triggering rapid file operations to induce race conditions, causing unpredictable system responses.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-11-09 11:02:17 UTC

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

mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()

I got the following KCSAN report during syzbot testing:

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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in generic_fillattr / inode_set_ctime_current

write to 0xffff888102eb3260 of 4 bytes by task 6565 on cpu 1:
 inode_set_ctime_to_ts include/linux/fs.h:1638 [inline]
 inode_set_ctime_current+0x169/0x1d0 fs/inode.c:2626
 shmem_mknod+0x117/0x180 mm/shmem.c:3443
 shmem_create+0x34/0x40 mm/shmem.c:3497
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3578 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3647 [inline]
 path_openat+0xdbc/0x1f00 fs/namei.c:3883
 do_filp_open+0xf7/0x200 fs/namei.c:3913
 do_sys_openat2+0xab/0x120 fs/open.c:1416
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1431 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1442 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf3/0x120 fs/open.c:1442
 x64_sys_call+0x1025/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

read to 0xffff888102eb3260 of 4 bytes by task 3498 on cpu 0:
 inode_get_ctime_nsec include/linux/fs.h:1623 [inline]
 inode_get_ctime include/linux/fs.h:1629 [inline]
 generic_fillattr+0x1dd/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:62
 shmem_getattr+0x17b/0x200 mm/shmem.c:1157
 vfs_getattr_nosec fs/stat.c:166 [inline]
 vfs_getattr+0x19b/0x1e0 fs/stat.c:207
 vfs_statx_path fs/stat.c:251 [inline]
 vfs_statx+0x134/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:315
 vfs_fstatat+0xec/0x110 fs/stat.c:341
 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:505 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstatat+0x58/0x260 fs/stat.c:499
 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x70 fs/stat.c:499
 x64_sys_call+0x141f/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

value changed: 0x2755ae53 -> 0x27ee44d3

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3498 Comm: udevd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-00326-gd1f2d51b711a-dirty #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
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When calling generic_fillattr(), if you don't hold read lock, data-race
will occur in inode member variables, which can cause unexpected
behavior.

Since there is no special protection when shmem_getattr() calls
generic_fillattr(), data-race occurs by functions such as shmem_unlink()
or shmem_mknod(). This can cause unexpected results, so commenting it out
is not enough.

Therefore, when calling generic_fillattr() from shmem_getattr(), it is
appropriate to protect the inode using inode_lock_shared() and
inode_unlock_shared() to prevent data-race.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-11-11 05:06:54 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024110928-CVE-2024-50228-7a2a@gregkh/T

Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2025-02-20 11:37:07 UTC

This CVE has been rejected upstream:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024112825-REJECTED-78ba@gregkh/

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:34:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966