CVE-2023-54069
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow When we calculate the end position of ext4_free_extent, this position may be exactly where ext4_lblk_t (i.e. uint) overflows. For example, if ac_g_ex.fe_logical is 4294965248 and ac_orig_goal_len is 2048, then the computed end is 0x100000000, which is 0. If ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical is not the first case of adjusting the best extent, that is, new_bex_end > 0, the following BUG_ON will be triggered: ========================================================= kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5116! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 673 Comm: xfs_io Tainted: G E 6.5.0-rc1+ #279 RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_new_inode_pa+0xc5/0x430 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_mb_use_best_found+0x203/0x2f0 ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x163/0x240 ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x158/0x1550 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x86a/0xe10 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xb0c/0x13a0 ext4_map_blocks+0x2cd/0x8f0 ext4_iomap_begin+0x27b/0x400 iomap_iter+0x222/0x3d0 __iomap_dio_rw+0x243/0xcb0 iomap_dio_rw+0x16/0x80 ========================================================= A simple reproducer demonstrating the problem: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda -b 4096 100M mount /dev/sda /tmp/test fallocate -l1M /tmp/test/tmp fallocate -l10M /tmp/test/file fallocate -i -o 1M -l16777203M /tmp/test/file fsstress -d /tmp/test -l 0 -n 100000 -p 8 & sleep 10 && killall -9 fsstress rm -f /tmp/test/tmp xfs_io -c "open -ad /tmp/test/file" -c "pwrite -S 0xff 0 8192" We simply refactor the logic for adjusting the best extent by adding a temporary ext4_free_extent ex and use extent_logical_end() to avoid overflow, which also simplifies the code.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
5.4.244,
5.10.181,
5.15.113,
6.1.30,
4.14.316,
4.19.284,
6.3.4,
6.4
and later are affected. Fixed in
5.4.260,
5.10.200,
5.15.138,
6.1.61,
6.5.5,
6.6
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-54069 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2023-54069?
CVE-2023-54069 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.4.244 onward and has been patched in 5.4.260, 5.10.200, 5.15.138 and others. CVE-2023-54069 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54069?
Yes — CVE-2023-54069 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.260, 5.10.200, 5.15.138 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.244 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2023-54069 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2023-54069 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.