ext4: make sure the first directory block is not a hole (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: make sure the first directory block is not a hole The syzbot constructs a directory that has no dirblock but is non-inline, i.e. the first directory block is a hole. And no errors are reported when creating files in this directory in the following flow. ext4_mknod ... ext4_add_entry // Read block 0 ext4_read_dirblock(dir, block, DIRENT) bh = ext4_bread(NULL, inode, block, 0) if (!bh && (type == INDEX || type == DIRENT_HTREE)) // The first directory block is a hole // But type == DIRENT, so no error is reported. After that, we get a directory block without '.' and '..' but with a valid dentry. This may cause some code that relies on dot or dotdot (such as make_indexed_dir()) to crash. Therefore when ext4_read_dirblock() finds that the first directory block is a hole report that the filesystem is corrupted and return an error to avoid loading corrupted data from disk causing something bad.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d81d7e347d1f1f48a5634607d39eb90c161c8afe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02f9941e8c011aa3eafa799def6a134ce06bcfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de2a011a13a46468a6e8259db58b1b62071fe136
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9771e3d8365ae1dd5e8846a204cb9af14e3e656a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b609753cbbd38f8c0affd4956c0af178348523ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3893d9de8ee153baac56d127d844103488133b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299bc6ffa57e04e74c6cce866d6c0741fb4897a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ca51596bbfd0f9c386dd1c613c394c78d9e5e6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-39527
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-42304
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0022 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0002 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1080 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1013 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0997 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0957 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0872 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0870 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.9.187 < 4.10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.14.135 < 4.15cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.19.62 < 4.19.320cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.1.21 < 5.2cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.2.4 < 5.4.282cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.224cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.165cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.103cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.44cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.10.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 3a17ca864baffc0c6f6e8aad525aa4365775a193 < d81d7e347d1f1f48a5634607d39eb90c161c8afe ; affected 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < e02f9941e8c011aa3eafa799def6a134ce06bcfa ; affected 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < de2a011a13a46468a6e8259db58b1b62071fe136 ; affected 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < 9771e3d8365ae1dd5e8846a204cb9af14e3e656a ; affected 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < b609753cbbd38f8c0affd4956c0af178348523ac ; affected 4e19d6b65fb4fc42e352ce9883649e049da14743 < c3893d9de8ee153baac56d127d844103488133b5 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.3 ; unaffected 0 < 5.3 ; unaffected 4.19.320 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.282 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.224 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.165 ≤ 5.15.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |