CVE-2024-50250

fsdax: dax_unshare_iter needs to copy entire blocks

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 9, 2024 at 10:14 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsdax: dax_unshare_iter needs to copy entire blocks The code that copies data from srcmap to iomap in dax_unshare_iter is very very broken, which bfoster's recent fsx changes have exposed. If the pos and len passed to dax_file_unshare are not aligned to an fsblock boundary, the iter pos and length in the _iter function will reflect this unalignment. dax_iomap_direct_access always returns a pointer to the start of the kmapped fsdax page, even if its pos argument is in the middle of that page. This is catastrophic for data integrity when iter->pos is not aligned to a page, because daddr/saddr do not point to the same byte in the file as iter->pos. Hence we corrupt user data by copying it to the wrong place. If iter->pos + iomap_length() in the _iter function not aligned to a page, then we fail to copy a full block, and only partially populate the destination block. This is catastrophic for data confidentiality because we expose stale pmem contents. Fix both of these issues by aligning copy_pos/copy_len to a page boundary (remember, this is fsdax so 1 fsblock == 1 base page) so that we always copy full blocks. We're not done yet -- there's no call to invalidate_inode_pages2_range, so programs that have the file range mmap'd will continue accessing the old memory mapping after the file metadata updates have completed. Be careful with the return value -- if the unshare succeeds, we still need to return the number of bytes that the iomap iter thinks we're operating on.

Affected

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

6.1.113 ≤ v < 6.1.1166.2 ≤ v < 6.11.76.2 ≤ v < 6.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.606.7 ≤ v < 6.11.71bec6782a25c9b92c203ea7a1b3e3dc6a468cbc46.1.1136.12 rc16.12 rc26.12 rc36.12 rc46.12 rc5d984648e428bf88cbd94ebe346c73632cb92fffb
Vendor states this is fixed in 50793801fc7f6d08def48754fb0f0706b0cfc394 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e9c0f500b42216ef930f5c0d1703989a451913d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9bc18bb476e50e32e5d08f2734d63d63e0fa528c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bdbc96c23197d773a7d1bf03e4f11de593b0ff28 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.116 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.60 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50793801fc7f6d08def48754fb0f0706b0cfc394
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9c0f500b42216ef930f5c0d1703989a451913d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bc18bb476e50e32e5d08f2734d63d63e0fa528c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdbc96c23197d773a7d1bf03e4f11de593b0ff28
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

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