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CVE-2023-54069
published 2025-12-24

CVE-2023-54069: 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…

PriorityP421low5.5
EPSS
0.18%
8.1th percentile
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: 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

27 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.64-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.64-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= 4.14.316 < 4.154.15
linuxlinux>= 4.19.284 < 4.204.20
linuxlinux>= 5.10.181 < 5.10.2005.10.200
linuxlinux>= 5.15.113 < 5.15.1385.15.138
linuxlinux>= 5.4.244 < 5.4.2605.4.260
linuxlinux>= 6.1.30 < 6.1.616.1.61
linuxlinux>= 6.3.4 < 6.46.4
linuxlinux>= 613f6cde5ebb005a37fda117cdda7b4126170c13 < f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1
linuxlinux>= 8659c5f4ffaacbe932849b98462c3d635b4eacea < 83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac
linuxlinux>= 93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9 < b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90
linuxlinux>= 93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9 < bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6
linuxlinux>= 9d4430b7f862ce8835ca4e054b6916d15c8e0862 < fcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fbfcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fb
linuxlinux>= fc7237e191b99f88e859316fab2b06c2c26c8344 < 58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e8958fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.205-15.10.205-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.64-16.1.64-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.5.6-16.5.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.5.6-16.5.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.2605.4.260
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.1385.15.138
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.616.1.61
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