ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data
Syzbot found the following issue:
EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 without journal. Quota mode: none.
fscrypt: AES-256-CTS-CBC using implementation "cts-cbc-aes-aesni"
fscrypt: AES-256-XTS using implementation "xts-aes-aesni"
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5071 at mm/page_alloc.c:5525 __alloc_pages+0x30a/0x560 mm/page_alloc.c:5525
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 5071 Comm: syz-executor263 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022
RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages+0x30a/0x560 mm/page_alloc.c:5525
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c2f1c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffc90003c2f220 RBX: 0000000000000014 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90003c2f248
RBP: ffffc90003c2f2d8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffc90003c2f220
R10: fffff52000785e49 R11: 1ffff92000785e44 R12: 0000000000040d40
R13: 1ffff92000785e40 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000785e3c
FS: 0000555556c0d300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f95d5e04138 CR3: 00000000793aa000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:237 [inline]
alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_large_node+0x95/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:1113
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:956 [inline]
__kmalloc+0xfe/0x190 mm/slab_common.c:981
kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:584 [inline]
kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:720 [inline]
ext4_update_inline_data+0x236/0x6b0 fs/ext4/inline.c:346
ext4_update_inline_dir fs/ext4/inline.c:1115 [inline]
ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x328/0x990 fs/ext4/inline.c:1307
ext4_add_entry+0x5a4/0xeb0 fs/ext4/namei.c:2385
ext4_add_nondir+0x96/0x260 fs/ext4/namei.c:2772
ext4_create+0x36c/0x560 fs/ext4/namei.c:2817
lookup_open fs/namei.c:3413 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3481 [inline]
path_openat+0x12ac/0x2dd0 fs/namei.c:3711
do_filp_open+0x264/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:3741
do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x4e0 fs/open.c:1310
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1326 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1342 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1337 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x243/0x290 fs/open.c:1337
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Above issue happens as follows:
ext4_iget
ext4_find_inline_data_nolock ->i_inline_off=164 i_inline_size=60
ext4_try_add_inline_entry
__ext4_mark_inode_dirty
ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea ->i_extra_isize=32 s_want_extra_isize=44
ext4_xattr_shift_entries
->after shift i_inline_off is incorrect, actually is change to 176
ext4_try_add_inline_entry
ext4_update_inline_dir
get_max_inline_xattr_value_size
if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off)
entry = (struct ext4_xattr_entry *)((void *)raw_inode +
EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off);
free += EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(le32_to_cpu(entry->e_value_size));
->As entry is incorrect, then 'free' may be negative
ext4_update_inline_data
value = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
-> len is unsigned int, maybe very large, then trigger warning when
'kzalloc()'
To resolve the above issue we need to update 'i_inline_off' after
'ext4_xattr_shift_entries()'. We do not need to set
EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag here, since ext4_mark_inode_dirty()
already sets this flag if needed. Setting EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA
when it is needed may trigger a BUG_ON in ext4_writepages().
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2023-53100 is recorded against 2 packages.
Published on 2 May 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)
kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.2.0 | 6.2.7 |
| linux-kernel | — | — |
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