CVE-2026-43067

Estado: AnalizadaCrítica (9.8)—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks

Commit 4865c768b563 ("ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups inode can use") restricts what blocks will be allocated for indirect block based files to block numbers that fit within 32-bit block numbers.

However, when using a review bot running on the latest Gemini LLM to check this commit when backporting into an LTS based kernel, it raised this concern:

After reviewing the code paths involved and considering the LLM review, I determined that this can happen when there is a file system where some files/directories are extent-mapped and others are indirect-block mapped.

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To address this, add a safety clamp in ext4_mb_scan_groups().

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   If ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group is >= ngroups (for instance, if the goal
   group was populated via stream allocation from s_mb_last_groups),
   then start will be >= ngroups.

   Does this allow allocating blocks beyond the 32-bit limit for
   indirect block mapped files? The commit message mentions that
   ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear() takes care to not select unsupported
   groups. However, its loop uses group = *start, and the very first
   iteration will call ext4_mb_scan_group() with this unsupported
   group because next_linear_group() is only called at the end of the
   iteration.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 9.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.72%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 52
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access75 %
Impacto secundarioT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact50 %

Vulnerabilidad de kernel Linux en ext4 accesible por red (AV:N, PR:N, UI:N) que permite escapar restricciones de asignación de bloques. El fallo de validación de wraparound en grupos de bloques indirectos puede causar acceso a bloques no autorizados y DoS de sistema de ficheros.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

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Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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