FKIE_CVE-2025-40167
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-12 11:15 - Updated: 2026-07-30 06:24
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination
syzbot reported a BUG_ON in ext4_es_cache_extent() when opening a verity
file on a corrupted ext4 filesystem mounted without a journal.
The issue is that the filesystem has an inode with both the INLINE_DATA
and EXTENTS flags set:
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_cache_extents:545: inode #15:
comm syz.0.17: corrupted extent tree: lblk 0 < prev 66
Investigation revealed that the inode has both flags set:
DEBUG: inode 15 - flag=1, i_inline_off=164, has_inline=1, extents_flag=1
This is an invalid combination since an inode should have either:
- INLINE_DATA: data stored directly in the inode
- EXTENTS: data stored in extent-mapped blocks
Having both flags causes ext4_has_inline_data() to return true, skipping
extent tree validation in __ext4_iget(). The unvalidated out-of-order
extents then trigger a BUG_ON in ext4_es_cache_extent() due to integer
underflow when calculating hole sizes.
Fix this by detecting this invalid flag combination early in ext4_iget()
and rejecting the corrupted inode.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"programFiles": [
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]
}
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}
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"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination\n\nsyzbot reported a BUG_ON in ext4_es_cache_extent() when opening a verity\nfile on a corrupted ext4 filesystem mounted without a journal.\n\nThe issue is that the filesystem has an inode with both the INLINE_DATA\nand EXTENTS flags set:\n\n EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_cache_extents:545: inode #15:\n comm syz.0.17: corrupted extent tree: lblk 0 \u003c prev 66\n\nInvestigation revealed that the inode has both flags set:\n DEBUG: inode 15 - flag=1, i_inline_off=164, has_inline=1, extents_flag=1\n\nThis is an invalid combination since an inode should have either:\n- INLINE_DATA: data stored directly in the inode\n- EXTENTS: data stored in extent-mapped blocks\n\nHaving both flags causes ext4_has_inline_data() to return true, skipping\nextent tree validation in __ext4_iget(). The unvalidated out-of-order\nextents then trigger a BUG_ON in ext4_es_cache_extent() due to integer\nunderflow when calculating hole sizes.\n\nFix this by detecting this invalid flag combination early in ext4_iget()\nand rejecting the corrupted inode."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2025-40167",
"lastModified": "2026-07-30T06:24:14.890",
"metrics": {
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"baseScore": 7.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
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"published": "2025-11-12T11:15:47.013",
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