ghsa-4hwj-3ppp-cx8v
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
exfat: fix random stack corruption after get_block
When get_block is called with a buffer_head allocated on the stack, such as do_mpage_readpage, stack corruption due to buffer_head UAF may occur in the following race condition situation.
<CPU 0> <CPU 1>
mpage_read_folio
<
This patch returns -EAGAIN if a folio does not have buffers when bh_read needs to be called. By doing this, the caller can fallback to functions like block_read_full_folio(), create a buffer_head in the folio, and then call get_block again.
Let's do not call bh_read() with on-stack buffer_head.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-22036"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-362"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-16T15:15:56Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nexfat: fix random stack corruption after get_block\n\nWhen get_block is called with a buffer_head allocated on the stack, such\nas do_mpage_readpage, stack corruption due to buffer_head UAF may occur in\nthe following race condition situation.\n\n \u003cCPU 0\u003e \u003cCPU 1\u003e\nmpage_read_folio\n \u003c\u003cbh on stack\u003e\u003e\n do_mpage_readpage\n exfat_get_block\n bh_read\n __bh_read\n\t get_bh(bh)\n submit_bh\n wait_on_buffer\n ...\n end_buffer_read_sync\n __end_buffer_read_notouch\n unlock_buffer\n \u003c\u003ckeep going\u003e\u003e\n ...\n ...\n ...\n ...\n\u003c\u003cbh is not valid out of mpage_read_folio\u003e\u003e\n .\n .\nanother_function\n \u003c\u003cvariable A on stack\u003e\u003e\n put_bh(bh)\n atomic_dec(bh-\u003eb_count)\n * stack corruption here *\n\nThis patch returns -EAGAIN if a folio does not have buffers when bh_read\nneeds to be called. By doing this, the caller can fallback to functions\nlike block_read_full_folio(), create a buffer_head in the folio, and then\ncall get_block again.\n\nLet\u0027s do not call bh_read() with on-stack buffer_head.",
"id": "GHSA-4hwj-3ppp-cx8v",
"modified": "2025-04-29T21:31:47Z",
"published": "2025-04-16T15:34:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22036"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb7ff4204b6d4927e982cd256286c09ed4fd8ca"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49b0a6ab8e528a0c1c50e37cef9b9c7c121365f2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7447286363dc1e410bf30b87d75168f3519f9cc"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f807a6bf2005740fa26b4f59c4a003dc966b9afd"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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