ghsa-xmgf-j324-j5xq
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()
There's issue as follows: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88807b003000 by task syz-executor.0/15172
CPU: 3 PID: 15172 Comm: syz-executor.0 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:82 [inline] dump_stack+0xbe/0xfd lib/dump_stack.c:123 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1e/0x280 mm/kasan/report.c:400 __kasan_report.cold+0x6c/0x84 mm/kasan/report.c:560 kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 mm/kasan/report.c:585 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1137 ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0x4c7/0xda0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2896 ext4_evict_inode+0xb3b/0x1670 fs/ext4/inode.c:323 evict+0x39f/0x880 fs/inode.c:622 iput_final fs/inode.c:1746 [inline] iput fs/inode.c:1772 [inline] iput+0x525/0x6c0 fs/inode.c:1758 ext4_orphan_cleanup fs/ext4/super.c:3298 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x8c57/0xba40 fs/ext4/super.c:5300 mount_bdev+0x355/0x410 fs/super.c:1446 legacy_get_tree+0xfe/0x220 fs/fs_context.c:611 vfs_get_tree+0x8d/0x2f0 fs/super.c:1576 do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:2983 [inline] path_mount+0x119a/0x1ad0 fs/namespace.c:3316 do_mount+0xfc/0x110 fs/namespace.c:3329 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3540 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x219/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:3514 do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1
Memory state around the buggy address: ffff88807b002f00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff88807b002f80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ffff88807b003000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ^ ffff88807b003080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ffff88807b003100: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Above issue happens as ext4_xattr_delete_inode() isn't check xattr is valid if xattr is in inode. To solve above issue call xattr_check_inode() check if xattr if valid in inode. In fact, we can directly verify in ext4_iget_extra_inode(), so that there is no divergent verification.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-22121"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-16T15:16:06Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()\n\nThere\u0027s issue as follows:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff88807b003000 by task syz-executor.0/15172\n\nCPU: 3 PID: 15172 Comm: syz-executor.0\nCall Trace:\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:82 [inline]\n dump_stack+0xbe/0xfd lib/dump_stack.c:123\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1e/0x280 mm/kasan/report.c:400\n __kasan_report.cold+0x6c/0x84 mm/kasan/report.c:560\n kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 mm/kasan/report.c:585\n ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1137\n ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0x4c7/0xda0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2896\n ext4_evict_inode+0xb3b/0x1670 fs/ext4/inode.c:323\n evict+0x39f/0x880 fs/inode.c:622\n iput_final fs/inode.c:1746 [inline]\n iput fs/inode.c:1772 [inline]\n iput+0x525/0x6c0 fs/inode.c:1758\n ext4_orphan_cleanup fs/ext4/super.c:3298 [inline]\n ext4_fill_super+0x8c57/0xba40 fs/ext4/super.c:5300\n mount_bdev+0x355/0x410 fs/super.c:1446\n legacy_get_tree+0xfe/0x220 fs/fs_context.c:611\n vfs_get_tree+0x8d/0x2f0 fs/super.c:1576\n do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:2983 [inline]\n path_mount+0x119a/0x1ad0 fs/namespace.c:3316\n do_mount+0xfc/0x110 fs/namespace.c:3329\n __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3540 [inline]\n __se_sys_mount+0x219/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:3514\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1\n\nMemory state around the buggy address:\n ffff88807b002f00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n ffff88807b002f80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n\u003effff88807b003000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n ^\n ffff88807b003080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n ffff88807b003100: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n\nAbove issue happens as ext4_xattr_delete_inode() isn\u0027t check xattr\nis valid if xattr is in inode.\nTo solve above issue call xattr_check_inode() check if xattr if valid\nin inode. In fact, we can directly verify in ext4_iget_extra_inode(),\nso that there is no divergent verification.",
"id": "GHSA-xmgf-j324-j5xq",
"modified": "2025-04-16T15:34:46Z",
"published": "2025-04-16T15:34:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22121"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8fbb6ffb3c8f5164572ca88e4ccb6cd6a41ca8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5701875f9609b000d91351eaa6bfd97fe2f157f4"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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