CVE-2024-26773
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
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.
Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report
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 groupCVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 22
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0184747b552d6b5a14db3b7fcc3b792ce64dedd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f8cfe79f776287459343e9cfa6055af61328ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/260fc96283c0f594de18a1b045faf6d8fb42874d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4530b3660d396a646aad91a787b6ab37cf604b53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c21fa60a6f4606f6214a38f50612b17b2f738f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927794a02169778c9c2e7b25c768ab3ea8c1dc03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2576ae9a35c078e488f2c573e9e6821d651fbbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f97e75fa4e12b0aa0224e83fcbda8853ac2adf36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0184747b552d6b5a14db3b7fcc3b792ce64dedd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f8cfe79f776287459343e9cfa6055af61328ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/260fc96283c0f594de18a1b045faf6d8fb42874d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4530b3660d396a646aad91a787b6ab37cf604b53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c21fa60a6f4606f6214a38f50612b17b2f738f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927794a02169778c9c2e7b25c768ab3ea8c1dc03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2576ae9a35c078e488f2c573e9e6821d651fbbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f97e75fa4e12b0aa0224e83fcbda8853ac2adf36
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
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