GHSA-XJWH-3RM6-W25H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-02 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31
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Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fuse: Initialize beyond-EOF page contents before setting uptodate

fuse_notify_store(), unlike fuse_do_readpage(), does not enable page zeroing (because it can be used to change partial page contents).

So fuse_notify_store() must be more careful to fully initialize page contents (including parts of the page that are beyond end-of-file) before marking the page uptodate.

The current code can leave beyond-EOF page contents uninitialized, which makes these uninitialized page contents visible to userspace via mmap().

This is an information leak, but only affects systems which do not enable init-on-alloc (via CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y or the corresponding kernel command line parameter).

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-44947"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-09-02T18:15:36Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfuse: Initialize beyond-EOF page contents before setting uptodate\n\nfuse_notify_store(), unlike fuse_do_readpage(), does not enable page\nzeroing (because it can be used to change partial page contents).\n\nSo fuse_notify_store() must be more careful to fully initialize page\ncontents (including parts of the page that are beyond end-of-file)\nbefore marking the page uptodate.\n\nThe current code can leave beyond-EOF page contents uninitialized, which\nmakes these uninitialized page contents visible to userspace via mmap().\n\nThis is an information leak, but only affects systems which do not\nenable init-on-alloc (via CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y or the\ncorresponding kernel command line parameter).",
  "id": "GHSA-xjwh-3rm6-w25h",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:19Z",
  "published": "2024-09-02T18:31:25Z",
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html"
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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