CVE-2024-49880
NoneCVSS
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EPSS
0.2%
Published
Oct 21, 2024
CISA due date
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Cloudanix analysis
A flaw in Linux can make the system crash when certain storage resize commands are run on ext4 filesystems.
- Exploitation
- Local Privilege
- Attacker needs
- Low Privilege
- Complexity
- Moderate
- Impact
- Denial Of Service
- Component
- OS kernel
- Class
- Improper Input Validation
- Remediation
- Upgrade
- Effort
- Medium
- Patch risk
- Low
What it actually does
Off-by-one error in alloc_flex_gd() allows flex_gd->resize_bg to exceed flexbg_size, triggering a kernel BUG at fs/ext4/resize.c:324 during ext4 filesystem resize.
Why it matters to the business
Filesystem resize operations on affected ext4 volumes can cause kernel panics and system crashes, disrupting storage management tasks and requiring reboots or recovery procedures.
How an attack unfolds
An attacker prepares an ext4 filesystem image matching specific group and flexbg conditions, mounts it, then invokes resize2fs with a target size that exercises the faulty resize path, leading to the kernel BUG and crash.
How to fix it
Apply the upstream fix in commit 0d80d2b8bf613398baf7185009e35f9d0459ecb0 or a later stable kernel; remove the erroneous +1 adjustment in alloc_flex_gd() and ensure WARN_ON_ONCE() is present.
How to confirm the fix worked
Confirm the running kernel contains commit 0d80d2b8bf613398baf7185009e35f9d0459ecb0; reproduce the provided test cases (600M to 248M and 25MiB to 3GiB resizes) without triggering the BUG.
Typical attack path
- Craft ext4 image with targeted flexbg_size and group counts
- Mount the image and run resize2fs to a size that crosses the off-by-one boundary
- Trigger ext4_resize_fs path resulting in kernel BUG
How to detect it
Search kernel logs and dmesg for 'kernel BUG at fs/ext4/resize.c:324' or 'ext4_resize_fs+0x1212/0x12d0' entries correlated with resize2fs processes.
- kernel BUG at fs/ext4/resize.c:324
- ext4_resize_fs+0x1212/0x12d0
- EXT4-fs.*resizing filesystem from.*to.*blocks
What your security team should do
- Patch Linux kernels to the fixed commit immediately on ext4-using systems
- Restrict unprivileged use of resize2fs and filesystem resize ioctls until updated
- Monitor kernel logs for ext4 resize BUG reports
The record
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix off by one issue in alloc_flex_gd() Wesley reported an issue: ================================================================== EXT4-fs (dm-5): resizing filesystem from 7168 to 786432 blocks ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/ext4/resize.c:324! CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 3576 Comm: resize2fs Not tainted 6.11.0+ #27 RIP: 0010:ext4_resize_fs+0x1212/0x12d0 Call Trace: __ext4_ioctl+0x4e0/0x1800 ext4_ioctl+0x12/0x20 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x99/0xd0 x64_sys_call+0x1206/0x20d0 do_syscall_64+0x72/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ================================================================== While reviewing the patch, Honza found that when adjusting resize_bg in alloc_flex_gd(), it was possible for flex_gd->resize_bg to be bigger than flexbg_size. The reproduction of the problem requires the following: o_group = flexbg_size * 2 * n; o_size = (o_group + 1) * group_size; n_group: [o_group + flexbg_size, o_group + flexbg_size * 2) o_size = (n_group + 1) * group_size; Take n=0,flexbg_size=16 as an example: last:15 |o---------------|--------------n-| o_group:0 resize to n_group:30 The corresponding reproducer is: img=test.img rm -f $img truncate -s 600M $img mkfs.ext4 -F $img -b 1024 -G 16 8M dev=`losetup -f --show $img` mkdir -p /tmp/test mount $dev /tmp/test resize2fs $dev 248M Delete the problematic plus 1 to fix the issue, and add a WARN_ON_ONCE() to prevent the issue from happening again. [ Note: another reproucer which this commit fixes is: img=test.img rm -f $img truncate -s 25MiB $img mkfs.ext4 -b 4096 -E nodiscard,lazy_itable_init=0,lazy_journal_init=0 $img truncate -s 3GiB $img dev=`losetup -f --show $img` mkdir -p /tmp/test mount $dev /tmp/test resize2fs $dev 3G umount $dev losetup -d $dev -- TYT ]
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.8.0 | 6.10.14 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe-edge | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.0 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.3 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.3 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure-edge | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.3 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gke-4.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gke-5.4 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gkeop-5.4 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe-edge | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-oem | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.0 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.3 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-bluefield | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-ibm-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-intel-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-iot | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.10 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.14 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.6 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.13 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.15 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS:for:NVIDIA:BlueField | linux-bluefield | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux | 0 | 6.8.0-54.56 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 | 6.8.0-1023.25 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 | 6.8.0-1025.30 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | 0 | 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-nvidia | 0 | 6.8.0-1014.15 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 | 6.8.0-1024.26 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | 0 | 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gke | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gke | 0 | 6.8.0-1019.23 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 0 | 6.8.0-1006.8 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 0 | 6.8.0-1022.22 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-intel | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 0 | 6.8.0-54.56.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 0 | 6.8.0-1022.25 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.11 | 0 | 6.11.0-1007.7 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 0 | 6.8.0-1022.25.2 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | 0 | 6.11.0-1015.15 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | 0 | 6.8.0-1024.24 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 0 | 6.8.0-1020.21 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 0 | 6.8.0-1019.23 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 0 | 6.8.0-53.55.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-xilinx | 0 | 6.8.0-1017.18 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux | 0 | 6.11.0-18.18 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-aws | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-aws | 0 | 6.11.0-1009.10 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-azure | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-azure | 0 | 6.11.0-1009.9 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-gcp | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-gcp | 0 | 6.11.0-1009.9 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-lowlatency | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-lowlatency | 0 | 6.11.0-1010.11 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-oracle | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-oracle | 0 | 6.11.0-1011.12 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-raspi | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-raspi | 0 | 6.11.0-1008.8 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-realtime | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-realtime | 0 | 6.11.0-1005.5 |
| Ubuntu:24.10 | linux-riscv | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:25.04 | linux-azure-fde | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS | linux-bluefield | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | linux | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | linux-aws-hwe | 0 | No fix |
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