Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-27036cifs: Fix writeback data corruption

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% 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: cifs: Fix writeback data corruption cifs writeback doesn't correctly handle the case where cifs_extend_writeback() hits a point where it is considering an additional folio, but this would overrun the wsize - at which point it drops out of the xarray scanning loop and calls xas_pause(). The problem is that xas_pause() advances the loop counter - thereby skipping that page. What needs to happen is for xas_reset() to be called any time we decide we don't want to process the page we're looking at, but rather send the request we are building and start a new one. Fix this by copying and adapting the netfslib writepages code as a temporary measure, with cifs writeback intending to be offloaded to netfslib in the near future. This also fixes the issue with the use of filemap_get_folios_tag() causing retry of a bunch of pages which the extender already dealt with. This can be tested by creating, say, a 64K file somewhere not on cifs (otherwise copy-offload may get underfoot), mounting a cifs share with a wsize of 64000, copying the file to it and then comparing the original file and the copy: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/64K bs=64k count=1 mount //192.168.6.1/test /mnt -o user=...,pass=...,wsize=64000 cp /tmp/64K /mnt/64K cmp /tmp/64K /mnt/64K Without the fix, the cmp fails at position 64000 (or shortly thereafter).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.7.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27036
Debian:14linux6.7.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-35.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1004.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27036

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d08089f649a0cfb2099c8551ac47eef0cc23fdf2 – before e45deec35bf7f1f4f992a707b2d04a8c162f2240d08089f649a0cfb2099c8551ac47eef0cc23fdf2 – before 65f2ced695982ccd516196d0a9447d85dbe2eed5d08089f649a0cfb2099c8551ac47eef0cc23fdf2 – before 844b4e132f57f1333dc79feaa035075a096762e4d08089f649a0cfb2099c8551ac47eef0cc23fdf2 – before f3dc1bdb6b0b0693562c7c54a6c28bafa608ba3c
Linux Linux 6.3

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