CVE-2022-50082

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix warning in ext4_iomap_begin as race between bmap and write

We got issue as follows: ————[ cut here ]———— WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 9310 at fs/ext4/inode.c:3441 ext4_iomap_begin+0x182/0x5d0 RIP: 0010:ext4_iomap_begin+0x182/0x5d0 RSP: 0018:ffff88812460fa08 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffff88811f168000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff97793c12 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff88812c669160 R08: ffff88811f168000 R09: ffffed10258cd20f R10: ffff88812c669077 R11: ffffed10258cd20e R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 00000000000000a4 R14: 000000000000000c R15: ffff88812c6691ee FS: 00007fd0d6ff3740(0000) GS:ffff8883af180000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fd0d6dda290 CR3: 0000000104a62000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: iomap_apply+0x119/0x570 iomap_bmap+0x124/0x150 ext4_bmap+0x14f/0x250 bmap+0x55/0x80 do_vfs_ioctl+0x952/0xbd0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0xc6/0x170 do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

Above issue may happen as follows: bmap write bmap ext4_bmap iomap_bmap ext4_iomap_begin ext4_file_write_iter ext4_buffered_write_iter generic_perform_write ext4_da_write_begin ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin ext4_prepare_inline_data ext4_create_inline_data ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_has_inline_data(inode))) ->trigger bug_on

To solved above issue hold inode lock in ext4_bamp.

Weakness

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Software

Extended Description

A race condition occurs within concurrent environments, and it is effectively a property of a code sequence. Depending on the context, a code sequence may be in the form of a function call, a small number of instructions, a series of program invocations, etc. A race condition violates these properties, which are closely related:

A race condition exists when an “interfering code sequence” can still access the shared resource, violating exclusivity. The interfering code sequence could be “trusted” or “untrusted.” A trusted interfering code sequence occurs within the product; it cannot be modified by the attacker, and it can only be invoked indirectly. An untrusted interfering code sequence can be authored directly by the attacker, and typically it is external to the vulnerable product.

Potential Mitigations

• Minimize the usage of shared resources in order to remove as much complexity as possible from the control flow and to reduce the likelihood of unexpected conditions occurring.
• Additionally, this will minimize the amount of synchronization necessary and may even help to reduce the likelihood of a denial of service where an attacker may be able to repeatedly trigger a critical section (CWE-400).

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/29.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30dfb75e1f8645404a536c74d468d498adcd4e74
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ae846cff568c8c29921b1b28eb2dfbcd4ac12d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9fe6d1e3d343d7309f501b1f48020ce7127221f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1682c7171a6c0ff576fe8116b8cba5b8f538b94
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6482f374fda29a71ad44d76d35b4842d43cda4