CVE-2022-49708
Published: Feb 26, 2025
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix bug_on ext4_mb_use_inode_pa Hulk Robot reported a BUG_ON: ================================================================== kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:3211! [...] RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used.cold+0x85/0x136f [...] Call Trace: ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x9df/0x5d30 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1803/0x4d80 ext4_map_blocks+0x3a4/0x1a10 ext4_writepages+0x126d/0x2c30 do_writepages+0x7f/0x1b0 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x285/0x3b0 file_write_and_wait_range+0xb1/0x140 ext4_sync_file+0x1aa/0xca0 vfs_fsync_range+0xfb/0x260 do_fsync+0x48/0xa0 [...] ================================================================== Above issue may happen as follows: ------------------------------------- do_fsync vfs_fsync_range ext4_sync_file file_write_and_wait_range __filemap_fdatawrite_range do_writepages ext4_writepages mpage_map_and_submit_extent mpage_map_one_extent ext4_map_blocks ext4_mb_new_blocks ext4_mb_normalize_request >>> start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical ext4_mb_regular_allocator ext4_mb_simple_scan_group ext4_mb_use_best_found ext4_mb_new_preallocation ext4_mb_new_inode_pa ext4_mb_use_inode_pa >>> set ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len <= 0 ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used >>> BUG_ON(ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len <= 0); we can easily reproduce this problem with the following commands: `fallocate -l100M disk` `mkfs.ext4 -b 1024 -g 256 disk` `mount disk /mnt` `fsstress -d /mnt -l 0 -n 1000 -p 1` The size must be smaller than or equal to EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP. Therefore, "start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical" may occur when the size is truncated. So start should be the start position of the group where ac_o_ex.fe_logical is located after alignment. In addition, when the value of fe_logical or EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP is very large, the value calculated by start_off is more accurate.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected fc6c2da174edd7a7b760b12c60d432d300e05cca - < 6880fb2e64331b9fdc85d3f32b1d7e81ad8703f1affected cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af - < a37c1359714da42517dd19d36fc3c4d17edba832affected cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af - < 5707d721d1819db57dba57b1d4623034fcb32047affected cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af - < a6b31616e5afe1d3972cb0682a373e50597faf5caffected cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af - < 6fdaf31ad5f3d3afab744dfd9a8b0d9142aa881f+18 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.11unaffected 0 - < 4.11unaffected 4.9.320 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.285 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.249 - <= 4.19.*+5 more versions |
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