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CVE-2025-71161 MEDIUM

Published: 2026-01-23 | Last Modified: 2026-07-14 | Status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-verity: disable recursive forward error correction There are two problems with the recursive correction: 1. It may cause denial-of-service. In fec_read_bufs, there is a loop that has 253 iterations. For each iteration, we may call verity_hash_for_block recursively. There is a limit of 4 nested recursions - that means that there may be at most 253^4 (4 billion) iterations. Red Hat QE team actually created an image that pushes dm-verity to this limit - and this image just makes the udev-worker process get stuck in the 'D' state. 2. It doesn't work. In fec_read_bufs we store data into the variable "fio->bufs", but fio bufs is shared between recursive invocations, if "verity_hash_for_block" invoked correction recursively, it would overwrite partially filled fio->bufs.

Additional Descriptions (1)

En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta: dm-verity: deshabilitar la corrección de errores hacia adelante recursiva Hay dos problemas con la corrección recursiva: 1. Puede causar una denegación de servicio. En fec_read_bufs, hay un bucle que tiene 253 iteraciones. Para cada iteración, podemos llamar a verity_hash_for_block recursivamente. Hay un límite de 4 recursiones anidadas, lo que significa que puede haber como máximo 253^4 (4 mil millones) iteraciones. El equipo de QE de Red Hat creó una imagen que lleva a dm-verity a este límite, y esta imagen simplemente hace que el proceso udev-worker se quede atascado en el estado 'D'. 2. No funciona. En fec_read_bufs almacenamos datos en la variable 'fio->bufs', pero fio bufs se comparte entre invocaciones recursivas; si 'verity_hash_for_block' invocara la corrección recursivamente, sobrescribiría los fio->bufs parcialmente llenos.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-193

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x702bdc372a00> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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