CVE-2023-53450

Summary

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

ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa()

If a malicious fuzzer overwrites the ext4 superblock while it is mounted such that the s_first_data_block is set to a very large number, the calculation of the block group can underflow, and trigger a BUG_ON check. Change this to be an ext4_warning so that we don't crash the kernel.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < d5bf8f7fb3ee3d99d1303ceb54599ea0599a4a5baffected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < ef16d8a1798db1a1604ac44ca1bd73ec6bebf483affected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < 185062a21976fbc38f2efd296951b02c4500cf65affected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < b0fc279de4bf17e1710bb7e83906538ff8f11111affected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < 978e5e9111af18741449b81fefd531a622dd969aaffected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < d87a4e4094c9879fc8acdff8ce59fdffa979c8e0affected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < bf2a16eb4e6d06124bd8436d4546f61539a65f29affected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < 53c14e7cc2257191ba15425c15638fc4f8abb92baffected
LinuxLinuxc9de560ded61faa5b754137b7753da252391c55a < 463808f237cf73e98a1a45ff7460c2406a150a0baffected
LinuxLinux2.6.25affected
LinuxLinux0 < 2.6.25unaffected
LinuxLinux4.14.315 <= 4.14.*unaffected
LinuxLinux4.19.283 <= 4.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.4.243 <= 5.4.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.180 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.112 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.29 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.2.16 <= 6.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.3.3 <= 6.3.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.4 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References