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CVE-2023-54069

UNKNOWN 0.0

ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
15th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow When we calculate the end position of ext4_free_extent, this position may be exactly where ext4_lblk_t (i.e. uint) overflows. For example, if ac_g_ex.fe_logical is 4294965248 and ac_orig_goal_len is 2048, then the computed end is 0x100000000, which is 0. If ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical is not the first case of adjusting the best extent, that is, new_bex_end > 0, the following BUG_ON will be triggered: ========================================================= kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5116! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 673 Comm: xfs_io Tainted: G E 6.5.0-rc1+ #279 RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_new_inode_pa+0xc5/0x430 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_mb_use_best_found+0x203/0x2f0 ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x163/0x240 ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x158/0x1550 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x86a/0xe10 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xb0c/0x13a0 ext4_map_blocks+0x2cd/0x8f0 ext4_iomap_begin+0x27b/0x400 iomap_iter+0x222/0x3d0 __iomap_dio_rw+0x243/0xcb0 iomap_dio_rw+0x16/0x80 ========================================================= A simple reproducer demonstrating the problem: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda -b 4096 100M mount /dev/sda /tmp/test fallocate -l1M /tmp/test/tmp fallocate -l10M /tmp/test/file fallocate -i -o 1M -l16777203M /tmp/test/file fsstress -d /tmp/test -l 0 -n 100000 -p 8 & sleep 10 && killall -9 fsstress rm -f /tmp/test/tmp xfs_io -c "open -ad /tmp/test/file" -c "pwrite -S 0xff 0 8192" We simply refactor the logic for adjusting the best extent by adding a temporary ext4_free_extent ex and use extent_logical_end() to avoid overflow, which also simplifies the code.

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Published Dec 24, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
8659c5f4ffaacbe932849b98462c3d635b4eacea < 83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac fc7237e191b99f88e859316fab2b06c2c26c8344 < 58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89 613f6cde5ebb005a37fda117cdda7b4126170c13 < f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1 9d4430b7f862ce8835ca4e054b6916d15c8e0862 < fcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fb 93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9 < b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90 93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9 < bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6 46772ab99409cc72241227dd8f5295f358233fda 25a60b4533268477920faaeebd99e7e69c0735cd cec4ef62b36b04e0bc8905732adab091f4bc1cfd
Linux / Linux
6.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6