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CVE-2026-63796

UNKNOWN 0.0

ocfs2: reject oversized group bitmap descriptors

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: reject oversized group bitmap descriptors ocfs2_validate_gd_parent() only bounds bg_bits against the parent allocator's chain geometry. A malicious descriptor can still claim a bg_size/bg_bits pair that exceeds the bitmap bytes that physically fit in the group descriptor block, so later bitmap scans and bit updates can run past bg_bitmap. Add a physical-cap check based on ocfs2_group_bitmap_size() for the parent allocator type and reject descriptors whose bg_size or bg_bits exceed that capacity. Keep the existing chain geometry check so both the on-disk bitmap layout and the allocator metadata must agree before the descriptor is used. Validation reproduced this kernel report: KASAN use-after-free in _find_next_bit+0x7f/0xc0 Read of size 8 Call trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 (?:?) print_report+0xd0/0x630 (?:?) _find_next_bit+0x7f/0xc0 (?:?) srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?) __virt_addr_valid+0x188/0x2f0 (?:?) kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 (?:?) ocfs2_find_max_contig_free_bits+0x35/0x70 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1375) ocfs2_block_group_set_bits+0x472/0x4b0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1457) ocfs2_cluster_group_search+0x16b/0x440 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:86) ocfs2_bg_discontig_fix_result+0x1ef/0x230 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1786) ocfs2_search_chain+0x8f8/0x10a0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1886) get_page_from_freelist+0x70e/0x2370 (?:?) lock_release+0xc6/0x290 (?:?) do_raw_spin_unlock+0x9a/0x100 (?:?) kasan_unpoison+0x27/0x60 (?:?) __bfs+0x147/0x240 (?:?) get_page_from_freelist+0x83d/0x2370 (?:?) ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits+0x38c/0xe70 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:96) sched_domains_numa_masks_clear+0x70/0xd0 (?:?) check_irq_usage+0xe8/0xb70 (?:?) __ocfs2_claim_clusters+0x18d/0x4c0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:2497) check_path+0x24/0x50 (?:?) rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 (?:?) check_prev_add+0xfd/0xd00 (?:?) ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree+0x17d/0x810 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?) __folio_batch_add_and_move+0x1f5/0x3d0 (?:?) ocfs2_add_inode_data+0xd9/0x120 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?) filemap_add_folio+0x105/0x1f0 (?:?) ocfs2_write_begin_nolock+0x29f7/0x2f80 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:3043) ocfs2_read_inode_block+0xb5/0x110 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?) down_write+0xf5/0x180 (?:?) ocfs2_write_begin+0x180/0x240 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?) __mark_inode_dirty+0x758/0x9a0 (?:?) inode_to_bdi+0x41/0x90 (?:?) balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_flags+0xf8/0x1d0 (?:?) generic_perform_write+0x252/0x440 (?:?) mnt_put_write_access_file+0x16/0x70 (?:?) file_update_time_flags+0xe4/0x200 (?:?) ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x80a/0x1320 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?) lock_acquire+0x184/0x2f0 (?:?) ksys_write+0xd2/0x170 (?:?) apparmor_file_permission+0xf5/0x310 (?:?) read_zero+0x8d/0x140 (?:?) lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100 (?:?)

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Published Jul 19, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < 336340a0f8a141df8a4eb21a5a86f8ffb87769f6 ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < 296c6a42b1174395935ca4cfe8f393e37b698d54 ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < d2cd59fa848f9f13796ef214d3b1b5ca9a3fe21e ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < c5a125eadba05ba421c4b55e68da22b4a40d32b4 ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < 8f9903b0cdbb3155a8899410330b4b4d583a7a5c ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < 4cd57ebee395041099fcdfcabb00749ce38d8b27 ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < 99c21e7263248c3f084756bfae08163cc5d6c62f ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c < 9bd541e09dffff27e5bec0f9f45b0228173a5375
Linux / Linux
2.6.16

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336340a0f8a141df8a4eb21a5a86f8ffb87769f6 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/296c6a42b1174395935ca4cfe8f393e37b698d54 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2cd59fa848f9f13796ef214d3b1b5ca9a3fe21e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a125eadba05ba421c4b55e68da22b4a40d32b4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f9903b0cdbb3155a8899410330b4b4d583a7a5c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cd57ebee395041099fcdfcabb00749ce38d8b27 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c21e7263248c3f084756bfae08163cc5d6c62f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bd541e09dffff27e5bec0f9f45b0228173a5375