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CVE-2023-53100: Linux kernel may log warning during file write

CVE-2023-53100 · published 1 year ago
Summary

The Linux kernel’s ext4 file system can produce a warning message when handling certain inline data operations. This does not affect data integrity but can clutter logs and make troubleshooting harder. Updating the kernel to the latest version resolves the issue, so apply the newest kernel updates to your servers.

What to do
  • Update linux kernel to version 6.2.7.
  • Update canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp to version 5.15.0-1025.29.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.15.0-1022.24.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime to version 5.15.0-1036.38.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 5.15.0-1043.48.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1107.115~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1113.119~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1110.119~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.4 to version 5.4.0-156.173~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1054.59~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1106.115~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1091.102~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.4.0-156.173.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.4.0-1107.115.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1041.46~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.4.0-1114.120.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.4.0-1068.74.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.4.0-1110.119.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1039.47~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-79.86~20.04.2.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.4.0-1054.59.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1037.42~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-iot to version 5.4.0-1019.20.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.4.0-1096.102.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-79.88~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1016.16~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.4.0-1106.115.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 5.4.0-1091.102.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1038.42~20.04.2.
  • Update canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp to version 5.4.0-1027.31.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 5.4.0-1107.115+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 5.4.0-1113.119+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 5.4.0-1082.91.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 5.4.0-1110.119+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.15.0-79.86.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.15.0-1042.47.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.15.0-1045.52.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.15.0-1039.47.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 5.15.0-1039.44.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 5.15.0-1025.30.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.15.0-1035.38.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg to version 5.15.0-1037.42.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.15.0-1039.44.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 5.15.0-79.88.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 5.15.0-1030.30.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 5.15.0-1016.16.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx to version 5.15.0-1002.2.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.15.0-1040.46.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 5.15.0-1035.38.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.1.20-1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 5.15.0-1045.52.1.
  • Update linux linux to version c5aa102b433b1890e1ccaa40c06826c77dda1665 or later.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
– linux linux_kernel < 4.14.310
>= 4.15, < 4.19.278
>= 4.20, < 5.4.237
>= 5.5, < 5.10.175
>= 5.11, < 5.15.103
>= 5.16, < 6.1.20
>= 6.2, < 6.2.7
6.3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
– linux linux < c5aa102b433b1890e1ccaa40c06826c77dda1665
3.8
Linux linux kernel >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.7
Fix: upgrade to 6.2.7
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp < 5.15.0-1025.29
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1025.29
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.15.0-1022.24
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1022.24
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime < 5.15.0-1036.38
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1036.38
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 5.15.0-1043.48
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1043.48
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-lts-xenial All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.4 < 5.4.0-1107.115~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1107.115~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.4 < 5.4.0-1113.119~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1113.119~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.4 < 5.4.0-1110.119~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1110.119~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.4 < 5.4.0-156.173~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-156.173~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.4 < 5.4.0-1054.59~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1054.59~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oem All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.4 < 5.4.0-1106.115~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1106.115~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-5.4 < 5.4.0-1091.102~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1091.102~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.4.0-156.173
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-156.173
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.4.0-1107.115
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1107.115
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.15 < 5.15.0-1041.46~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1041.46~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.4.0-1114.120
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1114.120
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.15 < 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.4.0-1068.74
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1068.74
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.4.0-1110.119
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1110.119
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.15 < 5.15.0-1039.47~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1039.47~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-79.86~20.04.2
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-79.86~20.04.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.4.0-1054.59
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1054.59
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.15 < 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 < 5.15.0-1037.42~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1037.42~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-iot < 5.4.0-1019.20
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1019.20
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.4.0-1096.102
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1096.102
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-79.88~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-79.88~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 < 5.15.0-1016.16~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1016.16~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.4.0-1106.115
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1106.115
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.15 < 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 5.4.0-1091.102
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1091.102
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.15 < 5.15.0-1038.42~20.04.2
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1038.42~20.04.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp < 5.4.0-1027.31
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1027.31
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 < 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 5.4.0-1107.115+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1107.115+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 5.4.0-1113.119+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1113.119+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 5.4.0-1082.91
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1082.91
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 5.4.0-1110.119+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1110.119+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.15.0-79.86
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-79.86
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.15.0-1042.47
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1042.47
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.15.0-1045.52
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1045.52
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 5.15.0-1045.52.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1045.52.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.15.0-1039.47
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1039.47
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 5.15.0-1039.44
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1039.44
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 5.15.0-1025.30
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1025.30
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.15.0-1035.38
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.38
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg < 5.15.0-1037.42
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1037.42
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.15.0-1039.44
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1039.44
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 5.15.0-79.88
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-79.88
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia < 5.15.0-1030.30
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1030.30
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra < 5.15.0-1016.16
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1016.16
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx < 5.15.0-1002.2
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.15.0-1040.46
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1040.46
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 5.15.0-1035.38
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.38
Debian:12 debian linux < 6.1.20-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.20-1
Original advisory text
ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data Syzbot found the following issue: EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 without journal. Quota mode: none. fscrypt: AES-256-CTS-CBC using implementation "cts-cbc-aes-aesni" fscrypt: AES-256-XTS using implementation "xts-aes-aesni" ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5071 at mm/page_alloc.c:5525 __alloc_pages+0x30a/0x560 mm/page_alloc.c:5525 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 5071 Comm: syz-executor263 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages+0x30a/0x560 mm/page_alloc.c:5525 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c2f1c0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffffc90003c2f220 RBX: 0000000000000014 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90003c2f248 RBP: ffffc90003c2f2d8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffc90003c2f220 R10: fffff52000785e49 R11: 1ffff92000785e44 R12: 0000000000040d40 R13: 1ffff92000785e40 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000785e3c FS: 0000555556c0d300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f95d5e04138 CR3: 00000000793aa000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:237 [inline] alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_large_node+0x95/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:1113 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:956 [inline] __kmalloc+0xfe/0x190 mm/slab_common.c:981 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:584 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:720 [inline] ext4_update_inline_data+0x236/0x6b0 fs/ext4/inline.c:346 ext4_update_inline_dir fs/ext4/inline.c:1115 [inline] ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x328/0x990 fs/ext4/inline.c:1307 ext4_add_entry+0x5a4/0xeb0 fs/ext4/namei.c:2385 ext4_add_nondir+0x96/0x260 fs/ext4/namei.c:2772 ext4_create+0x36c/0x560 fs/ext4/namei.c:2817 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3413 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3481 [inline] path_openat+0x12ac/0x2dd0 fs/namei.c:3711 do_filp_open+0x264/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:3741 do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x4e0 fs/open.c:1310 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1326 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1342 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1337 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x243/0x290 fs/open.c:1337 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Above issue happens as follows: ext4_iget ext4_find_inline_data_nolock ->i_inline_off=164 i_inline_size=60 ext4_try_add_inline_entry __ext4_mark_inode_dirty ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea ->i_extra_isize=32 s_want_extra_isize=44 ext4_xattr_shift_entries ->after shift i_inline_off is incorrect, actually is change to 176 ext4_try_add_inline_entry ext4_update_inline_dir get_max_inline_xattr_value_size if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off) entry = (struct ext4_xattr_entry *)((void *)raw_inode + EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off); free += EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(le32_to_cpu(entry->e_value_size)); ->As entry is incorrect, then 'free' may be negative ext4_update_inline_data value = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS); -> len is unsigned int, maybe very large, then trigger warning when 'kzalloc()' To resolve the above issue we need to update 'i_inline_off' after 'ext4_xattr_shift_entries()'. We do not need to set EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag here, since ext4_mark_inode_dirty() already sets this flag if needed. Setting EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA when it is needed may trigger a BUG_ON in ext4_writepages().
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
6.6 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published2 May 2025
Updated30 Oct 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
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