liveupdate: luo_file: remember retrieve() status
Platform
linux
Component
linux
Fixed in
f85b1c6af5bc3872f994df0a5688c1162de07a62
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
liveupdate: luo_file: remember retrieve() status
LUO keeps track of successful retrieve attempts on a LUO file. It does so to avoid multiple retrievals of the same file. Multiple retrievals cause problems because once the file is retrieved, the serialized data structures are likely freed and the file is likely in a very different state from what the code expects.
The retrieve boolean in struct luo_file keeps track of this, and is passed to the finish callback so it knows what work was already done and what it has left to do.
All this works well when retrieve succeeds. When it fails, luoretrievefile() returns the error immediately, without ever storing anywhere that a retrieve was attempted or what its error code was. This results in an errored LIVEUPDATESESSIONRETRIEVE_FD ioctl to userspace, but nothing prevents it from trying this again.
The retry is problematic for much of the same reasons listed above. The file is likely in a very different state than what the retrieve logic normally expects, and it might even have freed some serialization data structures. Attempting to access them or free them again is going to break things.
For example, if memfd managed to restore 8 of its 10 folios, but fails on the 9th, a subsequent retrieve attempt will try to call khorestorefolio() on the first folio again, and that will fail with a warning since it is an invalid operation.
Apart from the retry, finish() also breaks. Since on failure the retrieved bool in luo_file is never touched, the finish() call on session close will tell the file handler that retrieve was never attempted, and it will try to access or free the data structures that might not exist, much in the same way as the retry attempt.
There is no sane way of attempting the retrieve again. Remember the error retrieve returned and directly return it on a retry. Also pass this status code to finish() so it can make the right decision on the work it needs to do.
This is done by changing the bool to an integer. A value of 0 means retrieve was never attempted, a positive value means it succeeded, and a negative value means it failed and the error code is the value.
Affected Software
Timeline
- Reserved
- Published
How to fix
Actualizar el kernel de Linux a la versión 6.19.1 o superior para mitigar el problema. La vulnerabilidad se corrige al recordar el estado de la operación de recuperación de archivos, evitando intentos de recuperación repetidos y posibles errores en el manejo de datos.
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