Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49708ext4: fix bug_on ext4_mb_use_inode_pa

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix bug_on ext4_mb_use_inode_pa Hulk Robot reported a BUG_ON: ================================================================== kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:3211! [...] RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used.cold+0x85/0x136f [...] Call Trace: ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x9df/0x5d30 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1803/0x4d80 ext4_map_blocks+0x3a4/0x1a10 ext4_writepages+0x126d/0x2c30 do_writepages+0x7f/0x1b0 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x285/0x3b0 file_write_and_wait_range+0xb1/0x140 ext4_sync_file+0x1aa/0xca0 vfs_fsync_range+0xfb/0x260 do_fsync+0x48/0xa0 [...] ================================================================== Above issue may happen as follows: ------------------------------------- do_fsync vfs_fsync_range ext4_sync_file file_write_and_wait_range __filemap_fdatawrite_range do_writepages ext4_writepages mpage_map_and_submit_extent mpage_map_one_extent ext4_map_blocks ext4_mb_new_blocks ext4_mb_normalize_request >>> start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical ext4_mb_regular_allocator ext4_mb_simple_scan_group ext4_mb_use_best_found ext4_mb_new_preallocation ext4_mb_new_inode_pa ext4_mb_use_inode_pa >>> set ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len <= 0 ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used >>> BUG_ON(ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len <= 0); we can easily reproduce this problem with the following commands: `fallocate -l100M disk` `mkfs.ext4 -b 1024 -g 256 disk` `mount disk /mnt` `fsstress -d /mnt -l 0 -n 1000 -p 1` The size must be smaller than or equal to EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP. Therefore, "start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical" may occur when the size is truncated. So start should be the start position of the group where ac_o_ex.fe_logical is located after alignment. In addition, when the value of fe_logical or EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP is very large, the value calculated by start_off is more accurate.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49708
Debian:13linux5.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49708
Debian:14linux5.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-48.54UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1020.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1024.30.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1018.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1016.19UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1003.5UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1016.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1018.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-48.54UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1018.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49708

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux fc6c2da174edd7a7b760b12c60d432d300e05cca – before 6880fb2e64331b9fdc85d3f32b1d7e81ad8703f1cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before a37c1359714da42517dd19d36fc3c4d17edba832cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before 5707d721d1819db57dba57b1d4623034fcb32047cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before a6b31616e5afe1d3972cb0682a373e50597faf5ccd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before 6fdaf31ad5f3d3afab744dfd9a8b0d9142aa881fcd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before 90f0f9d45dff0128c0fca0d2358c4153b024afa6cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before 887a3e9ad4b8309a2266bce7ae749b2bf1f7a687cd648b8a8fd5071d232242d5ee7ee3c0815776af – before a08f789d2ab5242c07e716baf9a835725046be89
Linux Linux 4.11

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