ext4: don't zero the entire extent if EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-45858
MEDIUM 5.5

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Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.16 % · centile 5 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't zero the entire extent if EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 When allocating initialized blocks from a large unwritten extent, or when splitting an unwritten extent during end I/O and converting it to initialized, there is currently a potential issue of stale data if the extent needs to be split in the middle. 0 A B N [UUUUUUUUUUUU] U: unwritten extent [--DDDDDDDD--] D: valid data |<- ->| ----> this range needs to be initialized ext4_split_extent() first try to split this extent at B with EXT4_EXT_DATA_ENTIRE_VALID1 and EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT flag set, but ext4_split_extent_at() failed to split this extent due to temporary lack of space. It zeroout B to N and mark the entire extent from 0 to N as written. 0 A B N [WWWWWWWWWWWW] W: written extent [SSDDDDDDDDZZ] Z: zeroed, S: stale data ext4_split_extent() then try to split this extent at A with EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag set. This time, it split successfully and left a stale written extent from 0 to A. 0 A B N [WW|WWWWWWWWWW] [SS|DDDDDDDDZZ] Fix this by pass EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 to ext4_split_extent_at() when splitting at B, don't convert the entire extent to written and left it as unwritten after zeroing out B to N. The remaining work is just like the standard two-part split. ext4_split_extent() will pass the EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag when it calls ext4_split_extent_at() for the second time, allowing it to properly handle the split. If the split is successful, it will keep extent from 0 to A as unwritten.

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 < 58ddae5d77b1db3a27b891c75a8fa120239ac092 ; affected dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 < d17857b4fb9ba5745b59be0ef38fd532991fccbf ; affected dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 < d67c8ecf3d8fda9b8ef80e6f665d84b6d6ac9d88 ; affected dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 < 7015fcf473796e1d2d876f241bd9e0c36f3d4eef ; affected dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 < 1bf6974822d1dba86cf11b5f05498581cf3488a2 ; affected 814a7833df19e1de7447f870ae890adb12561627
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.7 ; unaffected 0 < 3.7 ; unaffected 6.6.130 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.75 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.14 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19.4 ≤ 6.19.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD