Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2022-49771

dm ioctl: fix misbehavior if list_versions races with module loading

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm ioctl: fix misbehavior if list_versions races with module loading __list_versions will first estimate the required space using the "dm_target_iterate(list_version_get_needed, &needed)" call and then will fill the space using the "dm_target_iterate(list_version_get_info, &iter_info)" call. Each of these calls locks the targets using the "down_read(&_lock)" and "up_read(&_lock)" calls, however between the first and second "dm_target_iterate" there is no lock held and the target modules can be loaded at this point, so the second "dm_target_iterate" call may need more space than what was the first "dm_target_iterate" returned. The code tries to handle this overflow (see the beginning of list_version_get_info), however this handling is incorrect. The code sets "param->data_size = param->data_start + needed" and "iter_info.end = (char *)vers+len" - "needed" is the size returned by the first dm_target_iterate call; "len" is the size of the buffer allocated by userspace. "len" may be greater than "needed"; in this case, the code will write up to "len" bytes into the buffer, however param->data_size is set to "needed", so it may write data past the param->data_size value. The ioctl interface copies only up to param->data_size into userspace, thus part of the result will be truncated. Fix this bug by setting "iter_info.end = (char *)vers + needed;" - this guarantees that the second "dm_target_iterate" call will write only up to the "needed" buffer and it will exit with "DM_BUFFER_FULL_FLAG" if it overflows the "needed" space - in this case, userspace will allocate a larger buffer and retry. Note that there is also a bug in list_version_get_needed - we need to add "strlen(tt->name) + 1" to the needed size, not "strlen(tt->name)".

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2025-05-01Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 0c8d4112df329bf3dfbf27693f918c3b08676538 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 6a818db0d5aecf80d4ba9e10ac153f60adc629ca (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 3a1c35d72dc0b34d1e746ed705790c0f630aa427 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < b545c0e1e4094d4de2bdfe9a3823f9154b0c0005 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < f59f5a269ca5e43c567aca7f1f52500a0186e9b7 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 6ffce7a92ef5c68f7e5d6f4d722c2f96280c064b (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 5398b8e275bf81a2517b327d216c0f37ac9ac5ae (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 4fe1ec995483737f3d2a14c3fe1d8fe634972979 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
2.6.12 (affected)
≥ 0; < 2.6.12 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.9.334; ≤ 4.9.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.14.300; ≤ 4.14.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.19.267; ≤ 4.19.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.4.225; ≤ 5.4.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.10.156; ≤ 5.10.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.15.80; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.0.10; ≤ 6.0.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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