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As reported by KASAN [1], LZ4_decompress_safe_partial\nmay lead to read out of bound problem during decoding. lz4 upstream has\nfixed it [2] and this issue has been disscussed here [3] before.\n\ncurrent decompression routine was ported from lz4 v1.8.3, bumping\nlib/lz4 to v1.9.+ is certainly a huge work to be done later, so, we'd\nbetter fix it first.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000830d1205cf7f0477@google.com/\n[2] https://github.com/lz4/lz4/commit/c5d6f8a8be3927c0bec91bcc58667a6cfad244ad#\n[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CC666AE8-4CA4-4951-B6FB-A2EFDE3AC03B@fb.com/" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is only reachable via LZ4_decompress_safe_partial, whose sole in-tree caller is EROFS decompression on a locally mounted image (syzbot repro: mount erofs loop image then open/read a compressed file); it is not reachable from network packet processing.\nAC:L - An attacker who controls EROFS compressed contents can craft suitably corrupted LZ4 streams that deterministically hit the missing ip>=(iend-2) EOF check during partial decoding, as demonstrated by reliable syzkaller reproducers.\nPR:L - Once a malicious or legacy EROFS image is mounted, an unprivileged local user can trigger the vulnerable decompress path simply by reading a compressed file; mounting is treated as an environmental precondition and EROFS is widely deployed (e.g. Android).\nUI:N - No additional victim interaction is required beyond the attacker-controlled image being present and read; the open/read that drives z_erofs_decompressqueue_work needs no further user action.\nS:U - Impact is confined to the host kernel’s memory authority (OOB/UAF during in-kernel decompression); there is no VM/IOMMU/sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:H - The defect is an out-of-bounds/use-after-free read (KASAN: UAF Read in LZ4_readLE16 past the compressed input into a freed page), which can disclose adjacent or reused memory contents.\nI:H - Classified and observed as a use-after-free memory-corruption bug in the LZ4 partial decoder; per scoring guidance UAFs are treated as enabling strong integrity impact (heap spray / controlled subsequent decode state), so I:H is appropriate.\nA:H - OOB reads past vm_map_ram or into invalid/freed pages can cause kernel oops/GPF (also seen as general protection fault in LZ4_decompress_safe_partial on syzbot), yielding high availability impact." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa", "lessThan": "73953dfa9d50e5c9fe98ee13fd1d3427aa12a0a3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": 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