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

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dtSplitRoot

Syzkaller reported the following issue:

oop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 32768

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:1971:9
index -2 is out of range for type 'struct dtslot [128]'
CPU: 0 PID: 3613 Comm: syz-executor270 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-09423-g493ffd6605b2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0xdb/0x130 lib/ubsan.c:283
dtSplitRoot+0x8d8/0x1900 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:1971
dtSplitUp fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:985 [inline]
dtInsert+0x1189/0x6b80 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:863
jfs_mkdir+0x757/0xb00 fs/jfs/namei.c:270
vfs_mkdir+0x3b3/0x590 fs/namei.c:4013
do_mkdirat+0x279/0x550 fs/namei.c:4038
__do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4053 [inline]
__se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4051 [inline]
__x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4051
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7fcdc0113fd9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffeb8bc67d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000102
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fcdc0113fd9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000340 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fcdc00d37a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fcdc00d37a0
R10: 00005555559a72c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000f8008000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00083878000000f8 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>

The issue is caused when the value of fsi becomes less than -1.
The check to break the loop when fsi value becomes -1 is present
but syzbot was able to produce value less than -1 which cause the error.
This patch simply add the change for the values less than 0.

The patch is tested via syzbot.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5658-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5681-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6688-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6739-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6740-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6741-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6742-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6742-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6743-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6743-2 Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6743-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-129
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:39:42.168Z

Reserved: 2024-03-02T21:55:42.573Z

Link: CVE-2023-52603

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:21.262Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-06T07:15:11.120

Modified: 2024-12-12T17:36:56.997

Link: CVE-2023-52603

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52603 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses