CVE-2023-54069

ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow

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Published: December 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow When we calculate the end position of ext4_free_extent, this position may be exactly where ext4_lblk_t (i.e. uint) overflows. For example, if ac_g_ex.fe_logical is 4294965248 and ac_orig_goal_len is 2048, then the computed end is 0x100000000, which is 0. If ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical is not the first case of adjusting the best extent, that is, new_bex_end > 0, the following BUG_ON will be triggered: ========================================================= kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5116! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 673 Comm: xfs_io Tainted: G E 6.5.0-rc1+ #279 RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_new_inode_pa+0xc5/0x430 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_mb_use_best_found+0x203/0x2f0 ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x163/0x240 ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x158/0x1550 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x86a/0xe10 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xb0c/0x13a0 ext4_map_blocks+0x2cd/0x8f0 ext4_iomap_begin+0x27b/0x400 iomap_iter+0x222/0x3d0 __iomap_dio_rw+0x243/0xcb0 iomap_dio_rw+0x16/0x80 ========================================================= A simple reproducer demonstrating the problem: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda -b 4096 100M mount /dev/sda /tmp/test fallocate -l1M /tmp/test/tmp fallocate -l10M /tmp/test/file fallocate -i -o 1M -l16777203M /tmp/test/file fsstress -d /tmp/test -l 0 -n 100000 -p 8 & sleep 10 && killall -9 fsstress rm -f /tmp/test/tmp xfs_io -c "open -ad /tmp/test/file" -c "pwrite -S 0xff 0 8192" We simply refactor the logic for adjusting the best extent by adding a temporary ext4_free_extent ex and use extent_logical_end() to avoid overflow, which also simplifies the code.

Affected

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

v ≥ 4.14.316v ≥ 4.19.284v ≥ 6.3.44.14.316 ≤ v < 4.154.19.284 ≤ v < 4.205.10.181 ≤ v < 5.10.2005.15.113 ≤ v < 5.15.1385.4.244 ≤ v < 5.4.2606.1.30 ≤ v < 6.1.616.3.4 ≤ v < 6.46.4 ≤ v < 6.5.56.4 ≤ v < 6.625a60b4533268477920faaeebd99e7e69c0735cd4.14.3164.19.28446772ab99409cc72241227dd8f5295f358233fda5.10.1815.15.1135.4.2446.1.306.3.46.4613f6cde5ebb005a37fda117cdda7b4126170c138659c5f4ffaacbe932849b98462c3d635b4eacea93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d99d4430b7f862ce8835ca4e054b6916d15c8e0862cec4ef62b36b04e0bc8905732adab091f4bc1cfdfc7237e191b99f88e859316fab2b06c2c26c8344
Vendor states this is fixed in 58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fb (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.200 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.138 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.260 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.61 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)

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