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CVE-2024-55641

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: unlock inodes when erroring out of xfs_trans_alloc_dir Debugging a filesystem patch with generic/475 caused the system to hang after observing the following sequences in dmesg: XFS (dm-0): metadata I/O error in "xfs_imap_to_bp+0x61/0xe0 [xfs]" at daddr 0x491520 len 32 error 5 XFS (dm-0): metadata I/O error in "xfs_btree_read_buf_block+0xba/0x160 [xfs]" at daddr 0x3445608 len 8 error 5 XFS (dm-0): metadata I/O error in "xfs_imap_to_bp+0x61/0xe0 [xfs]" at daddr 0x138e1c0 len 32 error 5 XFS (dm-0): log I/O error -5 XFS (dm-0): Metadata I/O Error (0x1) detected at xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x1ea/0x4b0 [xfs] (fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c:311). Shutting down filesystem. XFS (dm-0): Please unmount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s) XFS (dm-0): Internal error dqp->q_ino.reserved < dqp->q_ino.count at line 869 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c. Caller xfs_trans_dqresv+0x236/0x440 [xfs] XFS (dm-0): Corruption detected. Unmount and run xfs_repair XFS (dm-0): Unmounting Filesystem be6bcbcc-9921-4deb-8d16-7cc94e335fa7 The system is stuck in unmount trying to lock a couple of inodes so that they can be purged. The dquot corruption notice above is a clue to what happened -- a link() call tried to set up a transaction to link a child into a directory. Quota reservation for the transaction failed after IO errors shut down the filesystem, but then we forgot to unlock the inodes on our way out. Fix that.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.6-1CVE-2024-55641
Fixed in:6.12.6-1CVE-2024-55641
linux-hwe-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1
linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-oem-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days
7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

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