CVE-2024-40972

ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock

published July 12, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock

ext4_xattr_set_entry() creates new EA inodes while holding buffer lock

on the external xattr block. This is problematic as it nests all the

allocation locking (which acquires locks on other buffers) under the

buffer lock. This can even deadlock when the filesystem is corrupted and

e.g. quota file is setup to contain xattr block as data block. Move the

allocation of EA inode out of ext4_xattr_set_entry() into the callers.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00221 · 12.0th percentile
Published
2024-07-12T12:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 12:32Z
    ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock
    cvelistv5