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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-52604 json

FS:JFS:UBSAN:array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

published 2024-03-06 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57228

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

FS:JFS:UBSAN:array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

Syzkaller reported the following issue:

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867:6 index 196694 is out of range for type 's8[1365]' (aka 'signed char[1365]') CPU: 1 PID: 109 Comm: jfsCommit Not tainted 6.6.0-rc3-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348 dbAdjTree+0x474/0x4f0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867 dbJoin+0x210/0x2d0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2834 dbFreeBits+0x4eb/0xda0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2331 dbFreeDmap fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2080 [inline] dbFree+0x343/0x650 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:402 txFreeMap+0x798/0xd50 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2534 txUpdateMap+0x342/0x9e0 txLazyCommit fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2664 [inline] jfs_lazycommit+0x47a/0xb70 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2732 kthread+0x2d3/0x370 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:304 </TASK> ================================================================================ Kernel panic - not syncing: UBSAN: panic_on_warn set ... CPU: 1 PID: 109 Comm: jfsCommit Not tainted 6.6.0-rc3-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 panic+0x30f/0x770 kernel/panic.c:340 check_panic_on_warn+0x82/0xa0 kernel/panic.c:236 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:223 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x13c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348 dbAdjTree+0x474/0x4f0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867 dbJoin+0x210/0x2d0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2834 dbFreeBits+0x4eb/0xda0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2331 dbFreeDmap fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2080 [inline] dbFree+0x343/0x650 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:402 txFreeMap+0x798/0xd50 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2534 txUpdateMap+0x342/0x9e0 txLazyCommit fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2664 [inline] jfs_lazycommit+0x47a/0xb70 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2732 kthread+0x2d3/0x370 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:304 </TASK> Kernel Offset: disabled Rebooting in 86400 seconds..

The issue is caused when the value of lp becomes greater than CTLTREESIZE which is the max size of stree. Adding a simple check solves this issue.

Dave: As the function returns a void, good error handling would require a more intrusive code reorganization, so I modified Osama's patch at use WARN_ON_ONCE for lack of a cleaner option.

The patch is tested via syzbot.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.82-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.7.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52604

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-181.201
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-106.116
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1124.134
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1061.67
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1128.137
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1059.67
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1058.63
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1071.76

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52604

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52604 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: FS:JFS:UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-15 updated

Siemens SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
    not affected

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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