CVE-2023-53845

nilfs2: fix infinite loop in nilfs_mdt_get_block()

published December 9, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

nilfs2: fix infinite loop in nilfs_mdt_get_block()

If the disk image that nilfs2 mounts is corrupted and a virtual block

address obtained by block lookup for a metadata file is invalid,

nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level() may return the same internal return code as

-ENOENT, meaning the block does not exist in the metadata file.

This duplication of return codes confuses nilfs_mdt_get_block(), causing

it to read and create a metadata block indefinitely.

In particular, if this happens to the inode metadata file, ifile,

semaphore i_rwsem can be left held, causing task hangs in lock_mount.

Fix this issue by making nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level() treat virtual block

address translation failures with -ENOENT as metadata corruption instead

of returning the error code.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00257 · 16.4th percentile
Published
2025-12-09T01:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 DEC 01:30Z
    nilfs2: fix infinite loop in nilfs_mdt_get_block()
    cvelistv5