In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix kernel-infoleak in nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy()
The ioctl helper function nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy(), which exchanges a metadata array to/from user space, may copy uninitialized buffer regions to user space memory for read-only ioctl commands NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUINFO and NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPINFO.
This can occur when the element size of the user space metadata given by the v_size member of the argument nilfs_argv structure is larger than the size of the metadata element (nilfs_suinfo structure or nilfs_cpinfo structure) on the file system side.
KMSAN-enabled kernels detect this issue as follows:
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline] _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:169 [inline] nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x6fa/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:99 nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline] nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290 nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910 __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
Uninit was created at: __alloc_pages+0x9f6/0xe90 mm/page_alloc.c:5572 alloc_pages+0xab0/0xd80 mm/mempolicy.c:2287 __get_free_pages+0x34/0xc0 mm/page_alloc.c:5599 nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x223/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:74 nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline] nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290 nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910 __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
Bytes 16-127 of 3968 are uninitialized ...
This eliminates the leak issue by initializing the page allocated as buffer using get_zeroed_page().
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.313-235.533Upgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.177-158.645Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf | Jun 23, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 5, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-ibm-5.4Upgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-gcp-5.4Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-gkeUpgrade linux-oracle-5.4Upgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-ibm-5.15Upgrade linux-raspi-5.4Upgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-aws-5.15Upgrade linux-aws-5.4Upgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-fipsUpgrade linux-realtimeUpgrade linux-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-azureUpgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-nvidiaUpgrade linux-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-hwe-5.4Upgrade linux-iotUpgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iotg-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-azure-5.4Upgrade linux-azure-fde-5.15Upgrade linux-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-riscv-5.15 | May 8, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | May 2, 2025 |
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