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CVE-2024-39469

nilfs2: fix nilfs_empty_dir() misjudgment and long loop on I/O errors

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Descriptions

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.

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Timeline
  • 2024-06-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-06-25 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-05 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-11 CVE Updated
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  • ---------- KEV Due Date
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 4.19.317
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 5.4.279
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 5.10.221
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 5.15.162
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 6.1.95
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 6.6.35
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Linux
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>= 2.6.30 < 6.9.5
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Linux
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