Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2021-47656jffs2: fix use-after-free in jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free 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 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% 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: jffs2: fix use-after-free in jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem When we mount a jffs2 image, assume that the first few blocks of the image are normal and contain at least one xattr-related inode, but the next block is abnormal. As a result, an error is returned in jffs2_scan_eraseblock(). jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem() is then called in jffs2_build_filesystem() and then again in jffs2_do_fill_super(). Finally we can observe the following report: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem+0x95/0x6ac Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881243384e0 by task mount/719 Call Trace: dump_stack+0x115/0x16b jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem+0x95/0x6ac jffs2_do_fill_super+0x84f/0xc30 jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0 mtd_get_sb+0x254/0x400 mtd_get_sb_by_nr+0x4f/0xd0 get_tree_mtd+0x498/0x840 jffs2_get_tree+0x25/0x30 vfs_get_tree+0x8d/0x2e0 path_mount+0x50f/0x1e50 do_mount+0x107/0x130 __se_sys_mount+0x1c5/0x2f0 __x64_sys_mount+0xc7/0x160 do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 Allocated by task 719: kasan_save_stack+0x23/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc.constprop.0+0x10b/0x120 kasan_slab_alloc+0x12/0x20 kmem_cache_alloc+0x1c0/0x870 jffs2_alloc_xattr_ref+0x2f/0xa0 jffs2_scan_medium.cold+0x3713/0x4794 jffs2_do_mount_fs.cold+0xa7/0x2253 jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30 jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0 [...] Freed by task 719: kmem_cache_free+0xcc/0x7b0 jffs2_free_xattr_ref+0x78/0x98 jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem+0xa1/0x6ac jffs2_do_mount_fs.cold+0x5e6/0x2253 jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30 jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0 [...] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881243384b8 which belongs to the cache jffs2_xattr_ref of size 48 The buggy address is located 40 bytes inside of 48-byte region [ffff8881243384b8, ffff8881243384e8) [...] ================================================================== The triggering of the BUG is shown in the following stack: ----------------------------------------------------------- jffs2_fill_super jffs2_do_fill_super jffs2_do_mount_fs jffs2_build_filesystem jffs2_scan_medium jffs2_scan_eraseblock <--- ERROR jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem <--- free jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem <--- free again ----------------------------------------------------------- An error is returned in jffs2_do_mount_fs(). If the error is returned by jffs2_sum_init(), the jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem() does not need to be executed. If the error is returned by jffs2_build_filesystem(), the jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem() also does not need to be executed again. So move jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem() from 'out_inohash' to 'out_root' to fix this UAF problem.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47656
Debian:13linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47656
Debian:14linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-37.39UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1011.14UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1008.12UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1008.10UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1007.8UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1010.11UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-37.39UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1009.12UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1011.13UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47656

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 9150cb625b46f68d524f4cfd491f1aafc23e10a9aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 3bd2454162ec6bbb5503233c804fce6e4b6dcec5aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before c3b07c875fa8f906f932976460fd14798596f101aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 30bf7244acf32f19cb722c39f7bc1c2a9f300422aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 7bb7428dd73991bf4b3a7a61b493ca50046c2b13aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 7a75740206af5f17e9f3efa384211cba70213da1aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 22327bd7988f21de3a53c1373f3b81542bfe1f44aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe – before 8c0f024f29e055840a5a89fe23b96ae3f921afed
Linux Linux 2.6.18

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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