ext4: don't cache extent during splitting extent (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-45912
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Undergoing Analysis

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't cache extent during splitting extent Caching extents during the splitting process is risky, as it may result in stale extents remaining in the status tree. Moreover, in most cases, the corresponding extent block entries are likely already cached before the split happens, making caching here not particularly useful. Assume we have an unwritten extent, and then DIO writes the first half. [UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU] on-disk extent U: unwritten extent [UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU] extent status tree |<- ->| ----> dio write this range First, when ext4_split_extent_at() splits this extent, it truncates the existing extent and then inserts a new one. During this process, this extent status entry may be shrunk, and calls to ext4_find_extent() and ext4_cache_extents() may occur, which could potentially insert the truncated range as a hole into the extent status tree. After the split is completed, this hole is not replaced with the correct status. [UUUUUUU|UUUUUUUU] on-disk extent U: unwritten extent [UUUUUUU|HHHHHHHH] extent status tree H: hole Then, the outer calling functions will not correct this remaining hole extent either. Finally, if we perform a delayed buffer write on this latter part, it will re-insert the delayed extent and cause an error in space accounting. In adition, if the unwritten extent cache is not shrunk during the splitting, ext4_cache_extents() also conflicts with existing extents when caching extents. In the future, we will add checks when caching extents, which will trigger a warning. Therefore, Do not cache extents that are being split.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
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)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 107a7bd31ac003e42c0f966aa8e5b26947de6024 < 8302b5b4aacdbb378f7b1216bb2ee782b5142415 ; affected 107a7bd31ac003e42c0f966aa8e5b26947de6024 < 692103feca376ae4298c92aa8828015d20f1d87b ; affected 107a7bd31ac003e42c0f966aa8e5b26947de6024 < 4c2d9dac4d328244f9365b0a1fa27ec802821820 ; affected 107a7bd31ac003e42c0f966aa8e5b26947de6024 < 93b2ebbbcb2e63cfc21a1946dfe91d3aa7952036 ; affected 107a7bd31ac003e42c0f966aa8e5b26947de6024 < 96007fd3c106aea773c1afae2d6f64cceb6da208 ; affected 107a7bd31ac003e42c0f966aa8e5b26947de6024 < 5b1f4290453314e11cd8e15c7baa8a9b76c19b23
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.12 ; unaffected 0 < 3.12 ; unaffected 5.10.252 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.202 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.165 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.128 ≤ 6.6.*

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