Vulnerability · Published Mar 2, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52582netfs: Only call folio_start_fscache() one time for each folio

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Only call folio_start_fscache() one time for each folio If a network filesystem using netfs implements a clamp_length() function, it can set subrequest lengths smaller than a page size. When we loop through the folios in netfs_rreq_unlock_folios() to set any folios to be written back, we need to make sure we only call folio_start_fscache() once for each folio. Otherwise, this simple testcase: mount -o fsc,rsize=1024,wsize=1024 127.0.0.1:/export /mnt/nfs dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/nfs/file.bin bs=4096 count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 4096 bytes (4.1 kB, 4.0 KiB) copied, 0.0126359 s, 324 kB/s echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches cat /mnt/nfs/file.bin > /dev/null will trigger an oops similar to the following: page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_private_2(folio)) ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/netfs.h:44! ... CPU: 5 PID: 134 Comm: kworker/u16:5 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.4.0-rc5 ... RIP: 0010:netfs_rreq_unlock_folios+0x68e/0x730 [netfs] ... Call Trace: netfs_rreq_assess+0x497/0x660 [netfs] netfs_subreq_terminated+0x32b/0x610 [netfs] nfs_netfs_read_completion+0x14e/0x1a0 [nfs] nfs_read_completion+0x2f9/0x330 [nfs] rpc_free_task+0x72/0xa0 [sunrpc] rpc_async_release+0x46/0x70 [sunrpc] process_one_work+0x3bd/0x710 worker_thread+0x89/0x610 kthread+0x181/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.64-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52582
Debian:13linux6.5.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52582
Debian:14linux6.5.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52582

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3d3c95046742e4eebaa4b891b0b01cbbed94ebbd – before df9950d37df113db59495fa09d060754366a2b7c3d3c95046742e4eebaa4b891b0b01cbbed94ebbd – before d9f5537479d4ec97ea92ff24e81a517d5772581a3d3c95046742e4eebaa4b891b0b01cbbed94ebbd – before df1c357f25d808e30b216188330e708e09e1a412
Linux Linux 5.13

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