CVE-2023-52622

ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2024 at 05:19 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg When we online resize an ext4 filesystem with a oversized flexbg_size, mkfs.ext4 -F -G 67108864 $dev -b 4096 100M mount $dev $dir resize2fs $dev 16G the following WARN_ON is triggered: ================================================================== WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 427 at mm/page_alloc.c:4402 __alloc_pages+0x411/0x550 Modules linked in: sg(E) CPU: 0 PID: 427 Comm: resize2fs Tainted: G E 6.6.0-rc5+ #314 RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages+0x411/0x550 Call Trace: <TASK> __kmalloc_large_node+0xa2/0x200 __kmalloc+0x16e/0x290 ext4_resize_fs+0x481/0xd80 __ext4_ioctl+0x1616/0x1d90 ext4_ioctl+0x12/0x20 __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf0/0x150 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 ================================================================== This is because flexbg_size is too large and the size of the new_group_data array to be allocated exceeds MAX_ORDER. Currently, the minimum value of MAX_ORDER is 8, the minimum value of PAGE_SIZE is 4096, the corresponding maximum number of groups that can be allocated is: (PAGE_SIZE << MAX_ORDER) / sizeof(struct ext4_new_group_data) ≈ 21845 And the value that is down-aligned to the power of 2 is 16384. Therefore, this value is defined as MAX_RESIZE_BG, and the number of groups added each time does not exceed this value during resizing, and is added multiple times to complete the online resizing. The difference is that the metadata in a flex_bg may be more dispersed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.19.3074.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2695.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1495.16 ≤ v < 6.1.775.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2106.2 ≤ v < 6.6.166.7 ≤ v < 6.7.428c7bac0091687e6116ebd6c179e154ae4053c903.3
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d1935ac02ca5aee364a449a35e2977ea84509b0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d2cbf517dcabc093159cf138ad5712c9c7fa954 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b1413dbfe49646eda2c00c0f1144ee9d3368e0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b183fe8702e78bba3dcef8e7193cab6898abee07 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cd1f93ca97a9136989f3bd2bf90696732a2ed644 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cfbbb3199e71b63fc26cee0ebff327c47128a1e8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d76c8d7ffe163c6bf2f1ef680b0539c2b3902b90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dc3e0f55bec4410f3d74352c4a7c79f518088ee2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.307 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.149 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.269 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.77 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (12)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d1935ac02ca5aee364a449a35e2977ea84509b0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2cbf517dcabc093159cf138ad5712c9c7fa954
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b1413dbfe49646eda2c00c0f1144ee9d3368e0c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b183fe8702e78bba3dcef8e7193cab6898abee07
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd1f93ca97a9136989f3bd2bf90696732a2ed644
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfbbb3199e71b63fc26cee0ebff327c47128a1e8
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d76c8d7ffe163c6bf2f1ef680b0539c2b3902b90
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc3e0f55bec4410f3d74352c4a7c79f518088ee2

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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