CVE-2024-46701

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.6-6.10.6 - Infinite Loop in Directory Readdir with Rename

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir After we switch tmpfs dir operations from simple_dir_operations to simple_offset_dir_operations, every rename happened will fill new dentry to dest dir's maple tree(&SHMEM_I(inode)->dir_offsets->mt) with a free key starting with octx->newx_offset, and then set newx_offset equals to free key + 1. This will lead to infinite readdir combine with rename happened at the same time, which fail generic/736 in xfstests(detail show as below). 1. create 5000 files(1 2 3...) under one dir 2. call readdir(man 3 readdir) once, and get one entry 3. rename(entry, "TEMPFILE"), then rename("TEMPFILE", entry) 4. loop 2~3, until readdir return nothing or we loop too many times(tmpfs break test with the second condition) We choose the same logic what commit 9b378f6ad48cf ("btrfs: fix infinite directory reads") to fix it, record the last_index when we open dir, and do not emit the entry which index >= last_index. The file->private_data now used in offset dir can use directly to do this, and we also update the last_index when we llseek the dir file. [brauner: only update last_index after seek when offset is zero like Jan suggested]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.6.0 - 6.10.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.10.7 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.6
Linux/Linux a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 - 308b4fc2403b335894592ee9dc212a5e58bb309f
Linux/Linux a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 - 64a7ce76fb901bf9f9c36cf5d681328fc0fd4b5a
linux/linux_kernel 6.11 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.6 - 6.10.7
Published Sep 13, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026