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CVE-2021-47460
published 2024-05-22

CVE-2021-47460: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix data corruption after conversion from inline format Commit 6dbf7bb55598 ("fs…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix data corruption after conversion from inline format Commit 6dbf7bb55598 ("fs: Don't invalidate page buffers in block_write_full_page()") uncovered a latent bug in ocfs2 conversion from inline inode format to a normal inode format. The code in ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents() attempts to zero out the whole cluster allocated for file data by grabbing, zeroing, and dirtying all pages covering this cluster. However these pages are beyond i_size, thus writeback code generally ignores these dirty pages and no blocks were ever actually zeroed on the disk. This oversight was fixed by commit 693c241a5f6a ("ocfs2: No need to zero pages past i_size.") for standard ocfs2 write path, inline conversion path was apparently forgotten; the commit log also has a reasoning why the zeroing actually is not needed. After commit 6dbf7bb55598, things became worse as writeback code stopped invalidating buffers on pages beyond i_size and thus these pages end up with clean PageDirty bit but with buffers attached to these pages being still dirty. So when a file is converted from inline format, then writeback triggers, and then the file is grown so that these pages become valid, the invalid dirtiness state is preserved, mark_buffer_dirty() does nothing on these pages (buffers are already dirty) but page is never written back because it is clean. So data written to these pages is lost once pages are reclaimed. Simple reproducer for the problem is: xfs_io -f -c "pwrite 0 2000" -c "pwrite 2000 2000" -c "fsync" \ -c "pwrite 4000 2000" ocfs2_file After unmounting and mounting the fs again, you can observe that end of 'ocfs2_file' has lost its contents. Fix the problem by not doing the pointless zeroing during conversion from inline format similarly as in the standard write path. [[email protected]: fix whitespace, per Joseph]

Affected

26 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.14.16-1 (bookworm)linux 5.14.16-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 4.14.204 < 4.14.2534.14.253
linuxlinux>= 4.19.155 < 4.19.2144.19.214
linuxlinux>= 4.9.242 < 4.9.2884.9.288
linuxlinux>= 5.4.75 < 5.4.1565.4.156
linuxlinux>= 5.9.5 < 5.105.10
linuxlinux>= 6dbf7bb555981fb5faf7b691e8f6169fc2b2e63b < f1b98569e81c37d7e0deada7172f8f60860c1360f1b98569e81c37d7e0deada7172f8f60860c1360
linuxlinux>= 6dbf7bb555981fb5faf7b691e8f6169fc2b2e63b < fa9b6b6c953e3f6441ed6cf83b4c771dac2dae08fa9b6b6c953e3f6441ed6cf83b4c771dac2dae08
linuxlinux>= 6dbf7bb555981fb5faf7b691e8f6169fc2b2e63b < 5314454ea3ff6fc746eaf71b9a7ceebed52888fa5314454ea3ff6fc746eaf71b9a7ceebed52888fa
linuxlinux>= 7ce2b16bad2cbfa3fa7bbc42c4448914f639ca47 < a3a089c241cd49b33a8cdd7fcb37cc87a086912aa3a089c241cd49b33a8cdd7fcb37cc87a086912a
linuxlinux>= 7ed80e77c908cbaa686529a49f8ae0060c5caee7 < 8e6bfb4f70168ddfd32fb6dc028ad52faaf1f32e8e6bfb4f70168ddfd32fb6dc028ad52faaf1f32e
linuxlinux>= acef5107e2eacb08a16ad5db60320d65bd26a6c0 < 560edd14de2bf9dbc0129681eeb4d5ef87cc105f560edd14de2bf9dbc0129681eeb4d5ef87cc105f
linuxlinux>= f8a6a2ed4b7d1c3c8631eeb6d00572bc853094a8 < b05caf023b14cbed9223bb5b48ecc7bffe38f632b05caf023b14cbed9223bb5b48ecc7bffe38f632
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.84-15.10.84-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.16-15.14.16-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.16-15.14.16-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.16-15.14.16-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.14.204 < 4.14.2534.14.253
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19.155 < 4.19.2144.19.214
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.9.242 < 4.9.2884.9.288
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.14.155.14.15
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.4.75 < 5.4.1565.4.156

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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