FKIE_CVE-2026-63815
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-19 12:16 - Updated: 2026-08-17 05:17
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: bound i_inline_xattr_size for non-inline-xattr inodes
When the flexible_inline_xattr feature is enabled, do_read_inode() loads
the on-disk i_inline_xattr_size unconditionally:
if (f2fs_sb_has_flexible_inline_xattr(sbi))
fi->i_inline_xattr_size = le16_to_cpu(ri->i_inline_xattr_size);
but sanity_check_inode() only range-checks it when the inode also has the
FI_INLINE_XATTR flag set. An inode that carries an inline dentry or inline
data but not FI_INLINE_XATTR -- the normal layout for an inline
directory -- therefore keeps a fully attacker-controlled
i_inline_xattr_size from a crafted image.
get_inline_xattr_addrs() returns that value with no flag gating, so it
feeds the inode geometry:
MAX_INLINE_DATA() = 4 * (CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE - i_inline_xattr_size - 1)
NR_INLINE_DENTRY() = MAX_INLINE_DATA() * BITS_PER_BYTE / (...)
addrs_per_page() = CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE - i_inline_xattr_size
A large i_inline_xattr_size drives MAX_INLINE_DATA() and NR_INLINE_DENTRY()
negative, so make_dentry_ptr_inline() sets d->max (int) to a negative
value. The inline directory walk then compares an unsigned long bit_pos
against that negative d->max, which is promoted to a huge unsigned bound,
and reads far past the inline area:
while (bit_pos < d->max) /* fs/f2fs/dir.c */
... test_bit_le(bit_pos, d->bitmap) / d->dentry[bit_pos] ...
Mounting a crafted image and reading such a directory triggers an
out-of-bounds read in f2fs_fill_dentries(); the same underflow also
corrupts ADDRS_PER_INODE for regular files.
Validate i_inline_xattr_size against MAX_INLINE_XATTR_SIZE whenever the
flexible_inline_xattr feature is enabled -- i.e. whenever the value is
loaded from disk and consumed -- and keep the lower MIN_INLINE_XATTR_SIZE
bound gated on inodes that actually carry an inline xattr, so legitimate
inodes with i_inline_xattr_size == 0 are still accepted.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/f2fs/inode.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
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"versionType": "git"
},
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},
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "git"
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}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/f2fs/inode.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.15"
},
{
"lessThan": "4.15",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.261",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.212",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.178",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.145",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.96",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.39",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.3",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: bound i_inline_xattr_size for non-inline-xattr inodes\n\nWhen the flexible_inline_xattr feature is enabled, do_read_inode() loads\nthe on-disk i_inline_xattr_size unconditionally:\n\n\tif (f2fs_sb_has_flexible_inline_xattr(sbi))\n\t\tfi-\u003ei_inline_xattr_size = le16_to_cpu(ri-\u003ei_inline_xattr_size);\n\nbut sanity_check_inode() only range-checks it when the inode also has the\nFI_INLINE_XATTR flag set. An inode that carries an inline dentry or inline\ndata but not FI_INLINE_XATTR -- the normal layout for an inline\ndirectory -- therefore keeps a fully attacker-controlled\ni_inline_xattr_size from a crafted image.\n\nget_inline_xattr_addrs() returns that value with no flag gating, so it\nfeeds the inode geometry:\n\n\tMAX_INLINE_DATA() = 4 * (CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE - i_inline_xattr_size - 1)\n\tNR_INLINE_DENTRY() = MAX_INLINE_DATA() * BITS_PER_BYTE / (...)\n\taddrs_per_page() = CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE - i_inline_xattr_size\n\nA large i_inline_xattr_size drives MAX_INLINE_DATA() and NR_INLINE_DENTRY()\nnegative, so make_dentry_ptr_inline() sets d-\u003emax (int) to a negative\nvalue. The inline directory walk then compares an unsigned long bit_pos\nagainst that negative d-\u003emax, which is promoted to a huge unsigned bound,\nand reads far past the inline area:\n\n\twhile (bit_pos \u003c d-\u003emax)\t\t/* fs/f2fs/dir.c */\n\t\t... test_bit_le(bit_pos, d-\u003ebitmap) / d-\u003edentry[bit_pos] ...\n\nMounting a crafted image and reading such a directory triggers an\nout-of-bounds read in f2fs_fill_dentries(); the same underflow also\ncorrupts ADDRS_PER_INODE for regular files.\n\nValidate i_inline_xattr_size against MAX_INLINE_XATTR_SIZE whenever the\nflexible_inline_xattr feature is enabled -- i.e. whenever the value is\nloaded from disk and consumed -- and keep the lower MIN_INLINE_XATTR_SIZE\nbound gated on inodes that actually carry an inline xattr, so legitimate\ninodes with i_inline_xattr_size == 0 are still accepted."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-63815",
"lastModified": "2026-08-17T05:17:18.723",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 8.4,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.5,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-07-19T12:16:54.527",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16bc237ce3c483b75575abea53cfb639745311ed"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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},
{
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}
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