CVE-2026-63815

f2fs: bound i_inline_xattr_size for non-inline-xattr inodes

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: bound i_inline_xattr_size for non-inline-xattr inodes When the flexible_inline_xattr feature is enabled, do_read_inode() loads the on-disk i_inline_xattr_size unconditionally: if (f2fs_sb_has_flexible_inline_xattr(sbi)) fi->i_inline_xattr_size = le16_to_cpu(ri->i_inline_xattr_size); but sanity_check_inode() only range-checks it when the inode also has the FI_INLINE_XATTR flag set. An inode that carries an inline dentry or inline data but not FI_INLINE_XATTR -- the normal layout for an inline directory -- therefore keeps a fully attacker-controlled i_inline_xattr_size from a crafted image. get_inline_xattr_addrs() returns that value with no flag gating, so it feeds the inode geometry: MAX_INLINE_DATA() = 4 * (CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE - i_inline_xattr_size - 1) NR_INLINE_DENTRY() = MAX_INLINE_DATA() * BITS_PER_BYTE / (...) addrs_per_page() = CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE - i_inline_xattr_size A large i_inline_xattr_size drives MAX_INLINE_DATA() and NR_INLINE_DENTRY() negative, so make_dentry_ptr_inline() sets d->max (int) to a negative value. The inline directory walk then compares an unsigned long bit_pos against that negative d->max, which is promoted to a huge unsigned bound, and reads far past the inline area: while (bit_pos < d->max) /* fs/f2fs/dir.c */ ... test_bit_le(bit_pos, d->bitmap) / d->dentry[bit_pos] ... Mounting a crafted image and reading such a directory triggers an out-of-bounds read in f2fs_fill_dentries(); the same underflow also corrupts ADDRS_PER_INODE for regular files. Validate i_inline_xattr_size against MAX_INLINE_XATTR_SIZE whenever the flexible_inline_xattr feature is enabled -- i.e. whenever the value is loaded from disk and consumed -- and keep the lower MIN_INLINE_XATTR_SIZE bound gated on inodes that actually carry an inline xattr, so legitimate inodes with i_inline_xattr_size == 0 are still accepted.

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 5.10.2614.15 ≤ v < 5.15.2124.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1784.15 ≤ v < 6.12.964.15 ≤ v < 6.18.394.15 ≤ v < 6.6.1454.15 ≤ v < 7.1.34.15 ≤ v < 7.24.156afc662e68b5f988282ff20afd58a89b1c279dca
Vendor states this is fixed in 16bc237ce3c483b75575abea53cfb639745311ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2a9f9791653ba5ed3fb45bbffa8d63a7cd5cf706 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 378acf3cf19b6af6cba55e8dd1154c4e1504bae8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3c8d6b4093aea40a20596f452289e7c22d84e6d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4ce2d52f680c1d8bfdad7cce05b815ea7ca9790d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 76e1a05cf6d4051931d7fa4ead51a05786a62918 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a08ee30dcbeff6b97df75c38c2589603ddde53a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c3e05522daae4e7348a1ea81eeb321d25aa0fd3b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
Vector?

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