CVE-2023-54021

ext4: set goal start correctly in ext4_mb_normalize_request

published December 24, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ext4: set goal start correctly in ext4_mb_normalize_request

We need to set ac_g_ex to notify the goal start used in

ext4_mb_find_by_goal. Set ac_g_ex instead of ac_f_ex in

ext4_mb_normalize_request.

Besides we should assure goal start is in range [first_data_block,

blocks_count) as ext4_mb_initialize_context does.

[ Added a check to make sure size is less than ar->pright; otherwise

we could end up passing an underflowed value of ar->pright - size to

ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(), which will trigger a BUG_ON later on.

- TYT ]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00196 · 8.8th percentile
Published
2025-12-24T10:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 DEC 10:55Z
    ext4: set goal start correctly in ext4_mb_normalize_request
    cvelistv5