Re: CVE-2024-46701: libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 03:35:33PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi, all!
> 
> This is a request to close this CVE.
> 
> First of all, I think this really is not a kernel BUG, the deadloop
> only exist in user side and user must rename between each readdir
> syscall:
> 
> while (readdr() > 0)
> 	rename()

Sounds like a real thing that users can do, so why does this not fit the
definition of "vulnerability" as documented by cve.org?

> On the other hand, v6.6 is affected by this CVE, and this fix can't
> be backported to v6.6 because the patchset [1] must be backported first
> to expand offset from 32-bit to 64-bit.(This kind of refactor will
> break kabi, hence it's not acceptable in our downstream kernels)

That's your business decision, and does not affect if we do, or do not,
assign a CVE at all.  Go work with your management if you wish to change
this as it does not pertain to the community in any way.

thanks,

greg k-h