| Name | CVE-2024-50202 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry() Syzbot reported that a task hang occurs in vcs_open() during a fuzzing test for nilfs2. The root cause of this problem is that in nilfs_find_entry(), which searches for directory entries, ignores errors when loading a directory page/folio via nilfs_get_folio() fails. If the filesystem images is corrupted, and the i_size of the directory inode is large, and the directory page/folio is successfully read but fails the sanity check, for example when it is zero-filled, nilfs_check_folio() may continue to spit out error messages in bursts. Fix this issue by propagating the error to the callers when loading a page/folio fails in nilfs_find_entry(). The current interface of nilfs_find_entry() and its callers is outdated and cannot propagate error codes such as -EIO and -ENOMEM returned via nilfs_find_entry(), so fix it together. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4008-1, DLA-4075-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.148-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.153-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.43-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.48-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 6.16.9-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.16.10-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.1 (PTS) | bullseye (security) | 6.1.148-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.234-1 | DLA-4075-1 | ||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.11.5-1 | |||
| linux-6.1 | source | bullseye | 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 | DLA-4008-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/08cfa12adf888db98879dbd735bc741360a34168 (6.12-rc4)