Updated: 2024-09-13 03:32:29.501939
Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix nilfs_empty_dir() misjudgment and long loop on I/O errors The error handling in nilfs_empty_dir() when a directory folio/page read fails is incorrect, as in the old ext2 implementation, and if the folio/page cannot be read or nilfs_check_folio() fails, it will falsely determine the directory as empty and corrupt the file system. In addition, since nilfs_empty_dir() does not immediately return on a failed folio/page read, but continues to loop, this can cause a long loop with I/O if i_size of the directory's inode is also corrupted, causing the log writer thread to wait and hang, as reported by syzbot. Fix these issues by making nilfs_empty_dir() immediately return a false value (0) if it fails to get a directory folio/page.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | NONE | 0 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 5.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux | 4.4.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-09-13 12:18:40 | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | linux | 4.15.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Not Vulnerable | 2024-10-02 05:29:28 |