Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-26981nilfs2: fix OOB in nilfs_set_de_type

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix OOB in nilfs_set_de_type The size of the nilfs_type_by_mode array in the fs/nilfs2/dir.c file is defined as "S_IFMT >> S_SHIFT", but the nilfs_set_de_type() function, which uses this array, specifies the index to read from the array in the same way as "(mode & S_IFMT) >> S_SHIFT". static void nilfs_set_de_type(struct nilfs_dir_entry *de, struct inode *inode) { umode_t mode = inode->i_mode; de->file_type = nilfs_type_by_mode[(mode & S_IFMT)>>S_SHIFT]; // oob } However, when the index is determined this way, an out-of-bounds (OOB) error occurs by referring to an index that is 1 larger than the array size when the condition "mode & S_IFMT == S_IFMT" is satisfied. Therefore, a patch to resize the nilfs_type_by_mode array should be applied to prevent OOB errors.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.90-1DSA-5680-1
Debian:12linux6.1.90-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26981
Debian:13linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26981
Debian:14linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-116.126UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-116.126USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1065.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1065.71USN-6898-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1011.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1011.12USN-6893-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1011.12~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1068.77USN-6917-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1068.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1010.10USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1068.77.1USN-6917-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1068.77.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1064.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1064.72USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1010.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1010.11USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1062.68USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1062.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1006.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1006.9USN-6893-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1048.55UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1048.55USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1058.61USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intel6.8.0-1007.14USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intel6.8.0-1007.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1060.66USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1060.66UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1062.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1062.67USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-116.126USN-6898-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-116.126UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-38.38.1USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1060.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1060.61USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1009.9USN-6893-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1009.9~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1063.69USN-6898-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1063.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1008.8USN-6918-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1007.7USN-6893-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26981

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before 054f29e9ca05be3906544c5f2a2c7321c30a42432ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before 90f43980ea6be4ad903e389be9a27a2a0018f1c82ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before 7061c7efbb9e8f11ce92d6b4646405ea2b0b4de12ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before bdbe483da21f852c93b22557b146bc4d989260f02ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before 897ac5306bbeb83e90c437326f7044c79a17c6112ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before 2382eae66b196c31893984a538908c3eb7506ff92ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before 90823f8d9ecca3d5fa6b102c8e464c62f416975f2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 – before c4a7dc9523b59b3e73fd522c73e95e072f876b16
Linux Linux 2.6.30

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