In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists()
We can trigger a slab-out-of-bounds with the following commands:
mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/$disk 10G mount /dev/$disk /tmp/test echo 2147483647 > /sys/fs/ext4/$disk/mb_group_prealloc echo test > /tmp/test/file && sync
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists+0x8a/0x200 [ext4] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888121b9d0f0 by task kworker/u2:0/11 CPU: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u2:0 Tainted: GL 6.7.0-next-20240118 #521 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x2c/0x50 kasan_report+0xb6/0xf0 ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists+0x8a/0x200 [ext4] ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x19e9/0x2370 [ext4] ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x88a/0x1370 [ext4] ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x14f7/0x2390 [ext4] ext4_map_blocks+0x569/0xea0 [ext4] ext4_do_writepages+0x10f6/0x1bc0 [ext4] [...] ==================================================================
The flow of issue triggering is as follows:
// Set s_mb_group_prealloc to 2147483647 via sysfs ext4_mb_new_blocks ext4_mb_normalize_request ext4_mb_normalize_group_request ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_group_prealloc ext4_mb_regular_allocator ext4_mb_choose_next_group ext4_mb_choose_next_group_best_avail mb_avg_fragment_size_order order = fls(len) - 2 = 29 ext4_mb_find_good_group_avg_frag_lists frag_list = &sbi->s_mb_avg_fragment_size[order] if (list_empty(frag_list)) // Trigger SOOB!
At 4k block size, the length of the s_mb_avg_fragment_size list is 14, but an oversized s_mb_group_prealloc is set, causing slab-out-of-bounds to be triggered by an attempt to access an element at index 29.
Add a new attr_id attr_clusters_in_group with values in the range [0, sbi->s_clusters_per_group] and declare mb_group_prealloc as that type to fix the issue. In addition avoid returning an order from mb_avg_fragment_size_order() greater than MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb) and reduce some useless loops.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-45-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1011-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia | Sep 12, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
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