7.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-56740
Linux Kernel NFS LocalIO Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/localio: must clear res.replen in nfs_local_read_done Otherwise memory corruption can occur due to NFSv3 LOCALIO reads leaving garbage in res.replen: - nfs3_read_done() copies that into server->read_hdrsize; from there nfs3_proc_read_setup() copies it to args.replen in new requests. - nfs3_xdr_enc_read3args() passes that to rpc_prepare_reply_pages() which includes it in hdrsize for xdr_init_pages, so that rq_rcv_buf contains a ridiculous len. - This is copied to rq_private_buf and xs_read_stream_request() eventually passes the kvec to sock_recvmsg() which receives incoming data into entirely the wrong place. This is easily reproduced with NFSv3 LOCALIO that is servicing reads when it is made to pivot back to using normal RPC. This switch back to using normal NFSv3 with RPC can occur for a few reasons but this issue was exposed with a test that stops and then restarts the NFSv3 server while LOCALIO is performing heavy read IO.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 29, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 7, 2025, 10:24 p.m.

Source :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-56740 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650703bc4ed3edf841e851c99ab8e7ba9e5262a3 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5dac261eeab99762bbdf7c20cee5d26ef4462e Patch

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Updated: 2 days, 4 hours ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 16, 2025, 1:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 280 different CVEs too.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.12 up to (excluding) 6.12.2
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650703bc4ed3edf841e851c99ab8e7ba9e5262a3 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650703bc4ed3edf841e851c99ab8e7ba9e5262a3 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5dac261eeab99762bbdf7c20cee5d26ef4462e No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5dac261eeab99762bbdf7c20cee5d26ef4462e Patch
  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Dec. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/localio: must clear res.replen in nfs_local_read_done Otherwise memory corruption can occur due to NFSv3 LOCALIO reads leaving garbage in res.replen: - nfs3_read_done() copies that into server->read_hdrsize; from there nfs3_proc_read_setup() copies it to args.replen in new requests. - nfs3_xdr_enc_read3args() passes that to rpc_prepare_reply_pages() which includes it in hdrsize for xdr_init_pages, so that rq_rcv_buf contains a ridiculous len. - This is copied to rq_private_buf and xs_read_stream_request() eventually passes the kvec to sock_recvmsg() which receives incoming data into entirely the wrong place. This is easily reproduced with NFSv3 LOCALIO that is servicing reads when it is made to pivot back to using normal RPC. This switch back to using normal NFSv3 with RPC can occur for a few reasons but this issue was exposed with a test that stops and then restarts the NFSv3 server while LOCALIO is performing heavy read IO.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650703bc4ed3edf841e851c99ab8e7ba9e5262a3
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5dac261eeab99762bbdf7c20cee5d26ef4462e
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