GHSA-JH67-7RHF-7VG4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-17 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-17 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix race condition between ext4_write and ext4_convert_inline_data
Hulk Robot reported a BUG_ON: ================================================================== EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:805: group 0, block bitmap and bg descriptor inconsistent: 25 vs 31513 free clusters kernel BUG at fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 PID: 25371 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.10.0+ #1 RIP: 0010:ext4_put_nojournal fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53 [inline] RIP: 0010:__ext4_journal_stop+0x10e/0x110 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:116 [...] Call Trace: ext4_write_inline_data_end+0x59a/0x730 fs/ext4/inline.c:795 generic_perform_write+0x279/0x3c0 mm/filemap.c:3344 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/ext4/file.c:270 ext4_file_write_iter+0x30a/0x11c0 fs/ext4/file.c:520 do_iter_readv_writev+0x339/0x3c0 fs/read_write.c:732 do_iter_write+0x107/0x430 fs/read_write.c:861 vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:934 [inline] do_pwritev+0x1e5/0x380 fs/read_write.c:1031 [...] ==================================================================
Above issue may happen as follows: cpu1 cpu2 ____|___ dopwritev vfs_writev do_iter_write ext4_file_write_iter ext4_buffered_write_iter generic_perform_write ext4_da_write_begin vfs_fallocate ext4_fallocate ext4_convert_inline_data ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock clear EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA ext4_map_blocks ext4_ext_map_blocks ext4_mb_new_blocks ext4_mb_regular_allocator ext4_mb_good_group_nolock ext4_mb_init_group ext4_mb_init_cache ext4_mb_generate_buddy --> error ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA) ext4_restore_inline_data set EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA ext4_block_write_begin ext4_da_write_end ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA) ext4_write_inline_data_end handle=NULL ext4_journal_stop(handle) ext4_journal_stop ext4_put_nojournal(handle) ref_cnt = (unsigned long)handle BUG_ON(ref_cnt == 0) ---> BUG_ON
The lock held by ext4_convert_inline_data is xattr_sem, but the lock held by generic_perform_write is i_rwsem. Therefore, the two locks can be concurrent.
To solve above issue, we add inode_lock() for ext4_convert_inline_data(). At the same time, move ext4_convert_inline_data() in front of ext4_punch_hole(), remove similar handling from ext4_punch_hole().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49414"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-362"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:17Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix race condition between ext4_write and ext4_convert_inline_data\n\nHulk Robot reported a BUG_ON:\n ==================================================================\n EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:805: group 0,\n block bitmap and bg descriptor inconsistent: 25 vs 31513 free clusters\n kernel BUG at fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53!\n invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI\n CPU: 0 PID: 25371 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.10.0+ #1\n RIP: 0010:ext4_put_nojournal fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:__ext4_journal_stop+0x10e/0x110 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:116\n [...]\n Call Trace:\n ext4_write_inline_data_end+0x59a/0x730 fs/ext4/inline.c:795\n generic_perform_write+0x279/0x3c0 mm/filemap.c:3344\n ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/ext4/file.c:270\n ext4_file_write_iter+0x30a/0x11c0 fs/ext4/file.c:520\n do_iter_readv_writev+0x339/0x3c0 fs/read_write.c:732\n do_iter_write+0x107/0x430 fs/read_write.c:861\n vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:934 [inline]\n do_pwritev+0x1e5/0x380 fs/read_write.c:1031\n [...]\n ==================================================================\n\nAbove issue may happen as follows:\n cpu1 cpu2\n__________________________|__________________________\ndo_pwritev\n vfs_writev\n do_iter_write\n ext4_file_write_iter\n ext4_buffered_write_iter\n generic_perform_write\n ext4_da_write_begin\n vfs_fallocate\n ext4_fallocate\n ext4_convert_inline_data\n ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock\n ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock\n clear EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA\n ext4_map_blocks\n ext4_ext_map_blocks\n ext4_mb_new_blocks\n ext4_mb_regular_allocator\n ext4_mb_good_group_nolock\n ext4_mb_init_group\n ext4_mb_init_cache\n ext4_mb_generate_buddy --\u003e error\n ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)\n ext4_restore_inline_data\n set EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA\n ext4_block_write_begin\n ext4_da_write_end\n ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)\n ext4_write_inline_data_end\n handle=NULL\n ext4_journal_stop(handle)\n __ext4_journal_stop\n ext4_put_nojournal(handle)\n ref_cnt = (unsigned long)handle\n BUG_ON(ref_cnt == 0) ---\u003e BUG_ON\n\nThe lock held by ext4_convert_inline_data is xattr_sem, but the lock\nheld by generic_perform_write is i_rwsem. Therefore, the two locks can\nbe concurrent.\n\nTo solve above issue, we add inode_lock() for ext4_convert_inline_data().\nAt the same time, move ext4_convert_inline_data() in front of\next4_punch_hole(), remove similar handling from ext4_punch_hole().",
"id": "GHSA-jh67-7rhf-7vg4",
"modified": "2025-04-17T21:30:44Z",
"published": "2025-04-17T21:30:44Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49414"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14602353b350950b551eccc6b46411aa3b12ffe2"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18881d7e517169193d9ef6c89c7f322e3e164277"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/725e00cb7039eae291890f1bb19bc867176745f6"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f90b571f1a23f5b8a9c2b68a9aa5d6981a3c3d"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccc6639f831bee91aa8b41c8a1cdd020ecfb9f32"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f87c7a4b084afc13190cbb263538e444cb2b392a"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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