Updated: 2025-08-20 00:11:18.250211
Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found() Determine if the group block bitmap is corrupted before using ac_b_ex in ext4_mb_try_best_found() to avoid allocating blocks from a group with a corrupted block bitmap in the following concurrency and making the situation worse. ext4_mb_regular_allocator ext4_lock_group(sb, group) ext4_mb_good_group // check if the group bbitmap is corrupted ext4_mb_complex_scan_group // Scan group gets ac_b_ex but doesn't use it ext4_unlock_group(sb, group) ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(group) // The block bitmap was corrupted during // the group unlock gap. ext4_mb_try_best_found ext4_lock_group(ac->ac_sb, group) ext4_mb_use_best_found mb_mark_used // Allocating blocks in block bitmap corrupted group
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | 0.0 | |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 5.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2025-09-23 11:06:47 | Low practical risk: the flaw only triggers when an ext4 block group’s bitmap is already corrupted ... | |
| CentOS 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-07-25 05:17:54 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-07-25 05:17:51 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CentOS 8.4 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2024:1725872696 | 2024-09-09 05:27:59 | |
| CentOS 8.5 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2024:1725876080 | 2024-09-09 12:18:17 | |
| CentOS Stream 8 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-20 12:21:49 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-07-25 05:17:54 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CloudLinux 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-07-25 05:17:51 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-07-25 05:17:51 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| Oracle Linux 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2025-03-21 03:26:09 | Ignored due to low severity |