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CVE-2024-42304
published 2024-08-17

CVE-2024-42304: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: make sure the first directory block is not a hole The syzbot constructs a directory…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.23%
14.1th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: make sure the first directory block is not a hole

The syzbot constructs a directory that has no dirblock but is non-inline,
i.e. the first directory block is a hole. And no errors are reported when
creating files in this directory in the following flow.

ext4_mknod
...
ext4_add_entry
// Read block 0
ext4_read_dirblock(dir, block, DIRENT)
bh = ext4_bread(NULL, inode, block, 0)
if (!bh && (type == INDEX || type == DIRENT_HTREE))
// The first directory block is a hole
// But type == DIRENT, so no error is reported.

After that, we get a directory block without '.' and '..' but with a valid
dentry. This may cause some code that relies on dot or dotdot (such as
make_indexed_dir()) to crash.

Therefore when ext4_read_dirblock() finds that the first directory block
is a hole report that the filesystem is corrupted and return an error to
avoid loading corrupted data from disk causing something bad.

Affected

37 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3a17ca864baffc0c6f6e8aad525aa4365775a193 < d81d7e347d1f1f48a5634607d39eb90c161c8afed81d7e347d1f1f48a5634607d39eb90c161c8afe
linuxlinux>= 4.14.135 < 4.154.15
linuxlinux>= 4.19.62 < 4.19.3204.19.320
linuxlinux>= 4.9.187 < 4.104.10
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < e02f9941e8c011aa3eafa799def6a134ce06bcfae02f9941e8c011aa3eafa799def6a134ce06bcfa
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < de2a011a13a46468a6e8259db58b1b62071fe136de2a011a13a46468a6e8259db58b1b62071fe136
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < 9771e3d8365ae1dd5e8846a204cb9af14e3e656a9771e3d8365ae1dd5e8846a204cb9af14e3e656a
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < b609753cbbd38f8c0affd4956c0af178348523acb609753cbbd38f8c0affd4956c0af178348523ac
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < c3893d9de8ee153baac56d127d844103488133b5c3893d9de8ee153baac56d127d844103488133b5
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < 299bc6ffa57e04e74c6cce866d6c0741fb4897a1299bc6ffa57e04e74c6cce866d6c0741fb4897a1
linuxlinux>= 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < f9ca51596bbfd0f9c386dd1c613c394c78d9e5e6f9ca51596bbfd0f9c386dd1c613c394c78d9e5e6
linuxlinux>= 5.1.21 < 5.25.2
linuxlinux>= 5.2.4 < 5.35.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.226-15.10.226-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.106-16.1.106-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-200.2205.4.0-200.220

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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