CVE-2024-41013

xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2024 at 06:36 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block This adds sanity checks for xfs_dir2_data_unused and xfs_dir2_data_entry to make sure don't stray beyond valid memory region. Before patching, the loop simply checks that the start offset of the dup and dep is within the range. So in a crafted image, if last entry is xfs_dir2_data_unused, we can change dup->length to dup->length-1 and leave 1 byte of space. In the next traversal, this space will be considered as dup or dep. We may encounter an out of bound read when accessing the fixed members. In the patch, we make sure that the remaining bytes large enough to hold an unused entry before accessing xfs_dir2_data_unused and xfs_dir2_data_unused is XFS_DIR2_DATA_ALIGN byte aligned. We also make sure that the remaining bytes large enough to hold a dirent with a single-byte name before accessing xfs_dir2_data_entry.

Affected

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

v < 6.1.1423.8 ≤ v < 6.1.1423.8 ≤ v < 6.113.8 ≤ v < 6.6.686.2 ≤ v < 6.6.686.7 ≤ v < 6.113.882025d7f79148fe66a1594a0ebe4ab38152cf9e6
Vendor states this is fixed in 0c7fcdb6d06cdf8b19b57c17605215b06afa864a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b0932e4f9da85349d1c8f2a77d2a7a7163b8511d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ca96d83c93071f95cf962ce92406621a472df31b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.142 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.68 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c7fcdb6d06cdf8b19b57c17605215b06afa864a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0932e4f9da85349d1c8f2a77d2a7a7163b8511d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca96d83c93071f95cf962ce92406621a472df31b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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