Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions()
Patch series “ocfs2/dlm: fix two bugs in dlm_match_regions()”.
In dlm_match_regions(), the qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION network message is used to drive loops over the qr_regions buffer without sufficient validation. This series fixes two issues:
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Patch 1 adds a bounds check to reject messages where qr_numregions exceeds O2NM_MAX_REGIONS. The o2net layer only validates message byte length; it does not constrain field values, so a crafted message can set qr_numregions up to 255 and trigger out-of-bounds reads past the 1024-byte qr_regions buffer.
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Patch 2 fixes an off-by-one in the local-vs-remote comparison loop, which uses ‘<=’ instead of ‘<’, reading one entry past the valid range even when qr_numregions is within bounds.
This patch (of 2):
The qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION network message is used directly as loop bounds in dlm_match_regions() without checking against O2NM_MAX_REGIONS. Since qr_regions is sized for at most O2NM_MAX_REGIONS (32) entries, a crafted message with qr_numregions > 32 causes out-of-bounds reads past the qr_regions buffer.
Add a bounds check for qr_numregions before entering the loops.
Details
- Affected product:
- Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 5.4.0 (+1 more)
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 11 | In Rollout |
37 kernels
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| Debian 11 cloud | In Rollout |
17 kernels
|
| Debian 12 | Released |
40 kernels
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| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |