CVE-2023-53035

nilfs2: fix kernel-infoleak in nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy()

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2025 at 03:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix kernel-infoleak in nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy() The ioctl helper function nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy(), which exchanges a metadata array to/from user space, may copy uninitialized buffer regions to user space memory for read-only ioctl commands NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUINFO and NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPINFO. This can occur when the element size of the user space metadata given by the v_size member of the argument nilfs_argv structure is larger than the size of the metadata element (nilfs_suinfo structure or nilfs_cpinfo structure) on the file system side. KMSAN-enabled kernels detect this issue as follows: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline] _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:169 [inline] nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x6fa/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:99 nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline] nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290 nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910 __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82 Uninit was created at: __alloc_pages+0x9f6/0xe90 mm/page_alloc.c:5572 alloc_pages+0xab0/0xd80 mm/mempolicy.c:2287 __get_free_pages+0x34/0xc0 mm/page_alloc.c:5599 nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x223/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:74 nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline] nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290 nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910 __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82 Bytes 16-127 of 3968 are uninitialized ... This eliminates the leak issue by initializing the page allocated as buffer using get_zeroed_page().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.31 ≤ v < 4.14.3122.6.31 ≤ v < 4.19.2802.6.31 ≤ v < 5.10.1772.6.31 ≤ v < 5.15.1052.6.31 ≤ v < 5.4.2402.6.31 ≤ v < 6.1.222.6.31 ≤ v < 6.2.92.6.31 ≤ v < 6.34.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2804.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2405.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1055.16 ≤ v < 6.1.225.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1776.2 ≤ v < 6.2.92.6.313ff182fddde9ddfb8d79bbdb2f9d21220826.3 rc16.3 rc26.3 rc3
Vendor states this is fixed in 003587000276f81d0114b5ce773d80c119d8cb30 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5bb105cc72beb9d51bf12f5c657336d2d35bdc5d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5f33b042f74fc9662eba17f4cd19b07d84bbc6c5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8a6550b365c0ce2e65905de57dcbfe1f7d629726 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f5cbf6a8c0e19b062b829c5b7aca01468bb57f6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9c5034e9a0e03db8d5e9eabb176340259b5b97e4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a94932381e8dae4117e9129b3c1282e18aa97b05 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d18db946cc6a394291539e030df32324285648f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.31 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.312 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.280 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.105 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.240 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/003587000276f81d0114b5ce773d80c119d8cb30
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb105cc72beb9d51bf12f5c657336d2d35bdc5d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f33b042f74fc9662eba17f4cd19b07d84bbc6c5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a6550b365c0ce2e65905de57dcbfe1f7d629726
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5cbf6a8c0e19b062b829c5b7aca01468bb57f6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c5034e9a0e03db8d5e9eabb176340259b5b97e4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a94932381e8dae4117e9129b3c1282e18aa97b05
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18db946cc6a394291539e030df32324285648f7

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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