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CVE-2024-50191
published 2024-11-08

CVE-2024-50191: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors When the filesystem is mounted with…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.20%
10.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors When the filesystem is mounted with errors=remount-ro, we were setting SB_RDONLY flag to stop all filesystem modifications. We knew this misses proper locking (sb->s_umount) and does not go through proper filesystem remount procedure but it has been the way this worked since early ext2 days and it was good enough for catastrophic situation damage mitigation. Recently, syzbot has found a way (see link) to trigger warnings in filesystem freezing because the code got confused by SB_RDONLY changing under its hands. Since these days we set EXT4_FLAGS_SHUTDOWN on the superblock which is enough to stop all filesystem modifications, modifying SB_RDONLY shouldn't be needed. So stop doing that.

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.11.4-1 (forky)linux 6.11.4-1 (forky)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.11.4-1 (forky)linux 6.11.4-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 95257987a6387f02970eda707e55a06cce734e18 < 58c0648e4c773f5b54f0cb63bc8c7c6bf52719a958c0648e4c773f5b54f0cb63bc8c7c6bf52719a9
linuxlinux>= 95257987a6387f02970eda707e55a06cce734e18 < ee77c388469116565e009eaa704a60bc78489e09ee77c388469116565e009eaa704a60bc78489e09
linuxlinux>= 95257987a6387f02970eda707e55a06cce734e18 < d3476f3dad4ad68ae5f6b008ea6591d1520da5d8d3476f3dad4ad68ae5f6b008ea6591d1520da5d8
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.15.1685.15.168
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.4-16.11.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.4-16.11.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-127.1375.15.0-127.137
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-56.586.8.0-56.58
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.0-18.186.11.0-18.18
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1136.1.113
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.576.6.57
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.11.46.11.4

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_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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