{"id":"CVE-2023-54069","summary":"ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow\n\nWhen we calculate the end position of ext4_free_extent, this position may\nbe exactly where ext4_lblk_t (i.e. uint) overflows. For example, if\nac_g_ex.fe_logical is 4294965248 and ac_orig_goal_len is 2048, then the\ncomputed end is 0x100000000, which is 0. If ac-\u003eac_o_ex.fe_logical is not\nthe first case of adjusting the best extent, that is, new_bex_end \u003e 0, the\nfollowing BUG_ON will be triggered:\n\n=========================================================\nkernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5116!\ninvalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\nCPU: 3 PID: 673 Comm: xfs_io Tainted: G E 6.5.0-rc1+ #279\nRIP: 0010:ext4_mb_new_inode_pa+0xc5/0x430\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ext4_mb_use_best_found+0x203/0x2f0\n ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x163/0x240\n ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x158/0x1550\n ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x86a/0xe10\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xb0c/0x13a0\n ext4_map_blocks+0x2cd/0x8f0\n ext4_iomap_begin+0x27b/0x400\n iomap_iter+0x222/0x3d0\n __iomap_dio_rw+0x243/0xcb0\n iomap_dio_rw+0x16/0x80\n=========================================================\n\nA simple reproducer demonstrating the problem:\n\n\tmkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda -b 4096 100M\n\tmount /dev/sda /tmp/test\n\tfallocate -l1M /tmp/test/tmp\n\tfallocate -l10M /tmp/test/file\n\tfallocate -i -o 1M -l16777203M /tmp/test/file\n\tfsstress -d /tmp/test -l 0 -n 100000 -p 8 &\n\tsleep 10 && killall -9 fsstress\n\trm -f /tmp/test/tmp\n\txfs_io -c \"open -ad /tmp/test/file\" -c \"pwrite -S 0xff 0 8192\"\n\nWe simply refactor the logic for adjusting the best extent by adding\na temporary ext4_free_extent ex and use extent_logical_end() to avoid\noverflow, which also simplifies the code.","modified":"2026-03-31T17:29:56.349869625Z","published":"2025-12-24T12:23:13.504Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54069.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fb"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54069.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54069"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"8659c5f4ffaacbe932849b98462c3d635b4eacea"},{"fixed":"83ecffd40c65844a73c2e93d7c841455786605ac"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"fc7237e191b99f88e859316fab2b06c2c26c8344"},{"fixed":"58fe961c606c446f5612f6897827b1cac42c2e89"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"613f6cde5ebb005a37fda117cdda7b4126170c13"},{"fixed":"f2c3a3aa6f11ad9878dbc3a067b0633e07b586c1"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"9d4430b7f862ce8835ca4e054b6916d15c8e0862"},{"fixed":"fcefddf3a151b2c416b20120c06bb1ba9ad676fb"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9"},{"fixed":"b7e9ec38b6a0beb5a49cd1e76be0a9a07c218e90"},{"fixed":"bc056e7163ac7db945366de219745cf94f32a3e6"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"46772ab99409cc72241227dd8f5295f358233fda"},{"last_affected":"25a60b4533268477920faaeebd99e7e69c0735cd"},{"last_affected":"cec4ef62b36b04e0bc8905732adab091f4bc1cfd"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-54069.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.260"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.200"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.138"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.61"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.5.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-54069.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}