CVE-2024-57929

dm array: fix releasing a faulty array block twice in dm_array_cursor_end

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 02:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm array: fix releasing a faulty array block twice in dm_array_cursor_end When dm_bm_read_lock() fails due to locking or checksum errors, it releases the faulty block implicitly while leaving an invalid output pointer behind. The caller of dm_bm_read_lock() should not operate on this invalid dm_block pointer, or it will lead to undefined result. For example, the dm_array_cursor incorrectly caches the invalid pointer on reading a faulty array block, causing a double release in dm_array_cursor_end(), then hitting the BUG_ON in dm-bufio cache_put(). Reproduce steps: 1. initialize a cache device dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0" dmsetup create cdata --table "0 65536 linear /dev/sdc 8192" dmsetup create corig --table "0 524288 linear /dev/sdc $262144" dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/cmeta bs=4k count=1 dmsetup create cache --table "0 524288 cache /dev/mapper/cmeta \ /dev/mapper/cdata /dev/mapper/corig 128 2 metadata2 writethrough smq 0" 2. wipe the second array block offline dmsteup remove cache cmeta cdata corig mapping_root=$(dd if=/dev/sdc bs=1c count=8 skip=192 \ 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '1/8 "%u\n"') ablock=$(dd if=/dev/sdc bs=1c count=8 skip=$((4096*mapping_root+2056)) \ 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '1/8 "%u\n"') dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=4k count=1 seek=$ablock 3. try reopen the cache device dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0" dmsetup create cdata --table "0 65536 linear /dev/sdc 8192" dmsetup create corig --table "0 524288 linear /dev/sdc $262144" dmsetup create cache --table "0 524288 cache /dev/mapper/cmeta \ /dev/mapper/cdata /dev/mapper/corig 128 2 metadata2 writethrough smq 0" Kernel logs: (snip) device-mapper: array: array_block_check failed: blocknr 0 != wanted 10 device-mapper: block manager: array validator check failed for block 10 device-mapper: array: get_ablock failed device-mapper: cache metadata: dm_array_cursor_next for mapping failed ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at drivers/md/dm-bufio.c:638! Fix by setting the cached block pointer to NULL on errors. In addition to the reproducer described above, this fix can be verified using the "array_cursor/damaged" test in dm-unit: dm-unit run /pdata/array_cursor/damaged --kernel-dir <KERNEL_DIR>

Affected

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

4.9 ≤ v < 5.4.2905.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1775.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1255.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2346.2 ≤ v < 6.6.726.7 ≤ v < 6.12.106.136.13 rc16.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc56.13 rc6fdd1315aa5f022fe6574efdc2d9535f75a0ee255
Vendor states this is fixed in 017c4470bff53585370028fec9341247bad358ff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6002bec5354f86d1a2df21468f68e3ec03ede9da (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 738994872d77e189b2d13c501a1d145e95d98f46 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9c7c03d0e926762adf3a3a0ba86156fb5e19538b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e477021d252c007f0c6d45b5d13d341efed03979 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f2893c0804d86230ffb8f1c8703fdbb18648abc8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fc1ef07c3522e257e32702954f265debbcb096a7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.234 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.290 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.125 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.72 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017c4470bff53585370028fec9341247bad358ff
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6002bec5354f86d1a2df21468f68e3ec03ede9da
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738994872d77e189b2d13c501a1d145e95d98f46
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c7c03d0e926762adf3a3a0ba86156fb5e19538b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e477021d252c007f0c6d45b5d13d341efed03979
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2893c0804d86230ffb8f1c8703fdbb18648abc8
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1ef07c3522e257e32702954f265debbcb096a7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-672

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