CVE-2021-47114
ocfs2: fix data corruption by fallocate
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Mar 15, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 4, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix data corruption by fallocate
When fallocate punches holes out of inode size, if original isize is in the middle of last cluster, then the part from isize to the end of the cluster will be zeroed with buffer write, at that time isize is not yet updated to match the new size, if writeback is kicked in, it will invoke ocfs2_writepage()->block_write_full_page() where the pages out of inode size will be dropped. That will cause file corruption. Fix this by zero out eof blocks when extending the inode size.
Running the following command with qemu-image 4.2.1 can get a corrupted coverted image file easily.
qemu-img convert -p -t none -T none -f qcow2 $qcow_image \ -O qcow2 -o compat=1.1 $qcow_image.conv
The usage of fallocate in qemu is like this, it first punches holes out of inode size, then extend the inode size.
fallocate(11, FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE|FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE, 2276196352, 65536) = 0 fallocate(11, 0, 2276196352, 65536) = 0
v1: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg193999.html v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210525093034.GB4112@quack2.suse.cz/T/
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
|
LinuxLinux |
|
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/624fa7baa3788dc9e57840ba5b94bc22b03cda57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e03adafb29eedae1bae9cdb50c1385279fcf65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1700479524bb9cb5e8ae720236a6fabd003acae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cec4e857ffaa8c447f51cd8ab4e72350077b6770
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc2edb99ea606a45182b5ea38cc8f4e583aa0774
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d5faee46242c3f33b8a71a4d7d52214785bfcc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a31dd6fd2f4e7db538fb6eb1f06973d81f8dd3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bba4471f0cc1296fe3c2089b9e52442d3074b2e
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.