CVE-2021-47117

ext4: fix bug on in ext4_es_cache_extent as ext4_split_extent_at failed

published March 15, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix bug on in ext4_es_cache_extent as ext4_split_extent_at failed

We got follow bug_on when run fsstress with injecting IO fault:

[130747.323114] kernel BUG at fs/ext4/extents_status.c:762!

[130747.323117] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] SMP

......

[130747.334329] Call trace:

[130747.334553] ext4_es_cache_extent+0x150/0x168 [ext4]

[130747.334975] ext4_cache_extents+0x64/0xe8 [ext4]

[130747.335368] ext4_find_extent+0x300/0x330 [ext4]

[130747.335759] ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x74/0x1178 [ext4]

[130747.336179] ext4_map_blocks+0x2f4/0x5f0 [ext4]

[130747.336567] ext4_mpage_readpages+0x4a8/0x7a8 [ext4]

[130747.336995] ext4_readpage+0x54/0x100 [ext4]

[130747.337359] generic_file_buffered_read+0x410/0xae8

[130747.337767] generic_file_read_iter+0x114/0x190

[130747.338152] ext4_file_read_iter+0x5c/0x140 [ext4]

[130747.338556] __vfs_read+0x11c/0x188

[130747.338851] vfs_read+0x94/0x150

[130747.339110] ksys_read+0x74/0xf0

This patch's modification is according to Jan Kara's suggestion in:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-ext4/patch/[email protected]/

"I see. Now I understand your patch. Honestly, seeing how fragile is trying

to fix extent tree after split has failed in the middle, I would probably

go even further and make sure we fix the tree properly in case of ENOSPC

and EDQUOT (those are easily user triggerable). Anything else indicates a

HW problem or fs corruption so I'd rather leave the extent tree as is and

don't try to fix it (which also means we will not create overlapping

extents)."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00242 · 14.5th percentile
Published
2024-03-15T20:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAR 20:14Z
    ext4: fix bug on in ext4_es_cache_extent as ext4_split_extent_at failed
    cvelistv5