5.5

CVE-2026-43068

ext4: avoid allocate block from corrupted group in ext4_mb_find_by_goal()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: avoid allocate block from corrupted group in ext4_mb_find_by_goal()

There's issue as follows:
...
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 206 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 117
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 206 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 117
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 206 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 117
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 206 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 117
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 2243 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 117
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 2239 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 117
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): error count since last fsck: 1
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): initial error at time 1765597433: ext4_mb_generate_buddy:760
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): last error at time 1765597433: ext4_mb_generate_buddy:760
...

According to the log analysis, blocks are always requested from the
corrupted block group. This may happen as follows:
ext4_mb_find_by_goal
  ext4_mb_load_buddy
   ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp
     ext4_mb_init_cache
      ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait
      ext4_wait_block_bitmap
       ext4_validate_block_bitmap
        if (!grp || EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
         return -EFSCORRUPTED; // There's no logs.
 if (err)
  return err;  // Will return error
ext4_lock_group(ac->ac_sb, group);
  if (unlikely(EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(e4b->bd_info))) // Unreachable
   goto out;

After commit 9008a58e5dce ("ext4: make the bitmap read routines return
real error codes") merged, Commit 163a203ddb36 ("ext4: mark block group
as corrupt on block bitmap error") is no real solution for allocating
blocks from corrupted block groups. This is because if
'EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(e4b->bd_info)' is true, then
'ext4_mb_load_buddy()' may return an error. This means that the block
allocation will fail.
Therefore, check block group if corrupted when ext4_mb_load_buddy()
returns error.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 3.12 < 5.10.253
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.203
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.168
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.131
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.80
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.21
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.11
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CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b84571c886719823d537f05f4f07cad6357c4b7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1895f7904be71c48f1e6f338b28f24dabd6b8aeb
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0d7c4cde38a887c6d74e0c89ddb25226943c78
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d31a5073f86a177edf44015e0dedb0c47cfd6d8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46066e3a06647c5b186cc6334409722622d05c44
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9370207b36d26e45a8c8ef0500706d37036edd6b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fea6b2e250ff48f10d166011b57a8516ae5438c9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffc0a282462d45fee5957621be5afa29752f3b6d
Patch