6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-52497
ERMFS LZ4 Decompression Buffer Overflow (Type: Buffer Overflow)
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix lz4 inplace decompression Currently EROFS can map another compressed buffer for inplace decompression, that was used to handle the cases that some pages of compressed data are actually not in-place I/O. However, like most simple LZ77 algorithms, LZ4 expects the compressed data is arranged at the end of the decompressed buffer and it explicitly uses memmove() to handle overlapping: __________________________________________________________ |_ direction of decompression --> ____ |_ compressed data _| Although EROFS arranges compressed data like this, it typically maps two individual virtual buffers so the relative order is uncertain. Previously, it was hardly observed since LZ4 only uses memmove() for short overlapped literals and x86/arm64 memmove implementations seem to completely cover it up and they don't have this issue. Juhyung reported that EROFS data corruption can be found on a new Intel x86 processor. After some analysis, it seems that recent x86 processors with the new FSRM feature expose this issue with "rep movsb". Let's strictly use the decompressed buffer for lz4 inplace decompression for now. Later, as an useful improvement, we could try to tie up these two buffers together in the correct order.

INFO

Published Date :

March 1, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 9, 2025, 8:20 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-52497 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-52497 vulnerability over time.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.3 up to (excluding) 5.4.285 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.211 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.150 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.76 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.15 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.7.3
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33bf23c9940dbd3a22aad7f0cda4c84ed5701847 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33bf23c9940dbd3a22aad7f0cda4c84ed5701847 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33bf23c9940dbd3a22aad7f0cda4c84ed5701847 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33bf23c9940dbd3a22aad7f0cda4c84ed5701847 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c12466b6b7bf1e56f9b32c366a3d83d87afb4de No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c12466b6b7bf1e56f9b32c366a3d83d87afb4de Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c12466b6b7bf1e56f9b32c366a3d83d87afb4de No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c12466b6b7bf1e56f9b32c366a3d83d87afb4de Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77cbc04a1a8610e303a0e0d74f2676667876a184 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77cbc04a1a8610e303a0e0d74f2676667876a184 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77cbc04a1a8610e303a0e0d74f2676667876a184 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77cbc04a1a8610e303a0e0d74f2676667876a184 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff2d260b25df6fe1341a79113d88fecf6bd553e No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff2d260b25df6fe1341a79113d88fecf6bd553e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0180e940cf1aefa7d516e20b259ad34f7a8b379 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0180e940cf1aefa7d516e20b259ad34f7a8b379 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0180e940cf1aefa7d516e20b259ad34f7a8b379 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0180e940cf1aefa7d516e20b259ad34f7a8b379 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffc4cc334c5bb31ded54bc3cfd651735a3cb79e No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffc4cc334c5bb31ded54bc3cfd651735a3cb79e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffc4cc334c5bb31ded54bc3cfd651735a3cb79e No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffc4cc334c5bb31ded54bc3cfd651735a3cb79e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d200a80a3ca025532ed60dd1ac21b620e14ae No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d200a80a3ca025532ed60dd1ac21b620e14ae Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d200a80a3ca025532ed60dd1ac21b620e14ae No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d200a80a3ca025532ed60dd1ac21b620e14ae Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html Patch
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33bf23c9940dbd3a22aad7f0cda4c84ed5701847
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c12466b6b7bf1e56f9b32c366a3d83d87afb4de
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77cbc04a1a8610e303a0e0d74f2676667876a184
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0180e940cf1aefa7d516e20b259ad34f7a8b379
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffc4cc334c5bb31ded54bc3cfd651735a3cb79e
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d200a80a3ca025532ed60dd1ac21b620e14ae
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Nov. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff2d260b25df6fe1341a79113d88fecf6bd553e [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Nov. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jun. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Mar. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix lz4 inplace decompression Currently EROFS can map another compressed buffer for inplace decompression, that was used to handle the cases that some pages of compressed data are actually not in-place I/O. However, like most simple LZ77 algorithms, LZ4 expects the compressed data is arranged at the end of the decompressed buffer and it explicitly uses memmove() to handle overlapping: __________________________________________________________ |_ direction of decompression --> ____ |_ compressed data _| Although EROFS arranges compressed data like this, it typically maps two individual virtual buffers so the relative order is uncertain. Previously, it was hardly observed since LZ4 only uses memmove() for short overlapped literals and x86/arm64 memmove implementations seem to completely cover it up and they don't have this issue. Juhyung reported that EROFS data corruption can be found on a new Intel x86 processor. After some analysis, it seems that recent x86 processors with the new FSRM feature expose this issue with "rep movsb". Let's strictly use the decompressed buffer for lz4 inplace decompression for now. Later, as an useful improvement, we could try to tie up these two buffers together in the correct order.
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0180e940cf1aefa7d516e20b259ad34f7a8b379 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77cbc04a1a8610e303a0e0d74f2676667876a184 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33bf23c9940dbd3a22aad7f0cda4c84ed5701847 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d200a80a3ca025532ed60dd1ac21b620e14ae [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffc4cc334c5bb31ded54bc3cfd651735a3cb79e [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c12466b6b7bf1e56f9b32c366a3d83d87afb4de [No types assigned]
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