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CVE-2024-35844

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-17
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.15.153 / 6.1.83 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: compress: fix reserve_cblocks counting error when out of space When a file only needs one direct_node, performing the following operations will cause the file to be unrepairable: unisoc # ./f2fs_io compress test.apk unisoc #df -h | grep dm-48 /dev/block/dm-48 112G 112G 1.2M 100% /data unisoc # ./f2fs_io release_cblocks test.apk 924 unisoc # df -h | grep dm-48 /dev/block/dm-48 112G 112G 4.8M 100% /data unisoc # dd if=/dev/random of=file4 bs=1M count=3 3145728 bytes (3.0 M) copied, 0.025 s, 120 M/s unisoc # df -h | grep dm-48 /dev/block/dm-48 112G 112G 1.8M 100% /data unisoc # ./f2fs_io reserve_cblocks test.apk F2FS_IOC_RESERVE_COMPRESS_BLOCKS failed: No space left on device adb reboot unisoc # df -h | grep dm-48 /dev/block/dm-48 112G 112G 11M 100% /data unisoc # ./f2fs_io reserve_cblocks test.apk 0 This is because the file has only one direct_node. After returning to -ENOSPC, reserved_blocks += ret will not be executed. As a result, the reserved_blocks at this time is still 0, which is not the real number of reserved blocks. Therefore, fsck cannot be set to repair the file. After this patch, the fsck flag will be set to fix this problem. unisoc # df -h | grep dm-48 /dev/block/dm-48 112G 112G 1.8M 100% /data unisoc # ./f2fs_io reserve_cblocks test.apk F2FS_IOC_RESERVE_COMPRESS_BLOCKS failed: No space left on device adb reboot then fsck will be executed unisoc # df -h | grep dm-48 /dev/block/dm-48 112G 112G 11M 100% /data unisoc # ./f2fs_io reserve_cblocks test.apk 924

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.8, < 5.15.153>= 5.16, < 6.1.83>= 6.2, < 6.6.23>= 6.7, < 6.7.11>= 6.8, < 6.8.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.15.153 / 6.1.83 / 6.6.23 or later
Fixed in 5.15.1536.1.836.6.23
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

5.15.153 / 6.1.83 / 6.6.23 / 6.7.11 (whichever corresponds to the current kernel branch)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Based on the current kernel version, upgrade to one of the following fixed releases:
  3. - If running kernel 5.8 to 5.15.x: upgrade to kernel 5.15.153 or later
  4. - If running kernel 5.16 to 6.1.x: upgrade to kernel 6.1.83 or later
  5. - If running kernel 6.2 to 6.6.x: upgrade to kernel 6.6.23 or later
  6. - If running kernel 6.7.x: upgrade to kernel 6.7.11 or later
  7. After upgrading, the F2FS filesystem will properly handle reserve_cblocks counting errors when disk space is exhausted, allowing fsck to repair affected files
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system reboot and could introduce compatibility changes with third-party modules; ensure all kernel modules are compatible with the new version

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