CVE-2024-26956

nilfs2: fix failure to detect DAT corruption in btree and direct mappings

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2024 at 05:18 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix failure to detect DAT corruption in btree and direct mappings Patch series "nilfs2: fix kernel bug at submit_bh_wbc()". This resolves a kernel BUG reported by syzbot. Since there are two flaws involved, I've made each one a separate patch. The first patch alone resolves the syzbot-reported bug, but I think both fixes should be sent to stable, so I've tagged them as such. This patch (of 2): Syzbot has reported a kernel bug in submit_bh_wbc() when writing file data to a nilfs2 file system whose metadata is corrupted. There are two flaws involved in this issue. The first flaw is that when nilfs_get_block() locates a data block using btree or direct mapping, if the disk address translation routine nilfs_dat_translate() fails with internal code -ENOENT due to DAT metadata corruption, it can be passed back to nilfs_get_block(). This causes nilfs_get_block() to misidentify an existing block as non-existent, causing both data block lookup and insertion to fail inconsistently. The second flaw is that nilfs_get_block() returns a successful status in this inconsistent state. This causes the caller __block_write_begin_int() or others to request a read even though the buffer is not mapped, resulting in a BUG_ON check for the BH_Mapped flag in submit_bh_wbc() failing. This fixes the first issue by changing the return value to code -EINVAL when a conversion using DAT fails with code -ENOENT, avoiding the conflicting condition that leads to the kernel bug described above. Here, code -EINVAL indicates that metadata corruption was detected during the block lookup, which will be properly handled as a file system error and converted to -EIO when passing through the nilfs2 bmap layer.

Affected

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

2.6.31 ≤ v < 4.19.3122.6.31 ≤ v < 5.10.2152.6.31 ≤ v < 5.15.1542.6.31 ≤ v < 5.4.2742.6.31 ≤ v < 6.1.842.6.31 ≤ v < 6.6.242.6.31 ≤ v < 6.7.122.6.31 ≤ v < 6.8.32.6.31 ≤ v < 6.94.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2745.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1545.16 ≤ v < 6.1.845.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2156.2 ≤ v < 6.6.246.7 ≤ v < 6.7.126.8 ≤ v < 6.8.32.6.31c3a7abf06ce719a51139e62a034590be99abbc2c
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e2619ff5d0def4bb6c2037a32a6eaa28dd95c84 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 46b832e09d43b394ac0f6d9485d2b1a06593f0b7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 82827ca21e7c8a91384c5baa656f78a5adfa4ab4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9cbe1ad5f4354f4df1445e5f4883983328cd6d8e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a8e4d098de1c0f4c5c1f2ed4633a860f0da6d713 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b67189690eb4b7ecc84ae16fa1e880e0123eaa35 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c3b5c5c31e723b568f83d8cafab8629d9d830ffb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f2f26b4a84a0ef41791bd2d70861c8eac748f4ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f69e81396aea66304d214f175aa371f1b5578862 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.31 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.312 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.215 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.154 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.274 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.84 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.24 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)

References (11)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2619ff5d0def4bb6c2037a32a6eaa28dd95c84
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46b832e09d43b394ac0f6d9485d2b1a06593f0b7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82827ca21e7c8a91384c5baa656f78a5adfa4ab4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cbe1ad5f4354f4df1445e5f4883983328cd6d8e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8e4d098de1c0f4c5c1f2ed4633a860f0da6d713
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b67189690eb4b7ecc84ae16fa1e880e0123eaa35
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b5c5c31e723b568f83d8cafab8629d9d830ffb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f26b4a84a0ef41791bd2d70861c8eac748f4ba

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CVSS

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