CVE-2023-53270

ext4: fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Sep 16, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case

It is possible for i_disksize can exceed i_size, triggering a warning.

generic_perform_write copied = iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic(len) // copied < len ext4_da_write_end | ext4_update_i_disksize | new_i_size = pos + copied; | WRITE_ONCE(EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize, newsize) // update i_disksize | generic_write_end | copied = block_write_end(copied, len) // copied = 0 | if (unlikely(copied < len)) | if (!PageUptodate(page)) | copied = 0; | if (pos + copied > inode->i_size) // return false if (unlikely(copied == 0)) goto again; if (unlikely(iov_iter_fault_in_readable(i, bytes))) { status = -EFAULT; break; }

We get i_disksize greater than i_size here, which could trigger WARNING check 'i_size_read(inode) < EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize' while doing dio:

ext4_dio_write_iter iomap_dio_rw __iomap_dio_rw // return err, length is not aligned to 512 ext4_handle_inode_extension WARN_ON_ONCE(i_size_read(inode) < EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize) // Oops

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2609 at fs/ext4/file.c:319 CPU: 2 PID: 2609 Comm: aa Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2 RIP: 0010:ext4_file_write_iter+0xbc7 Call Trace: vfs_write+0x3b1 ksys_write+0x77 do_syscall_64+0x39

Fix it by updating 'copied' value before updating i_disksize just like ext4_write_inline_data_end() does.

A reproducer can be found in the buganizer link below.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910 to before 18eb23891aeae3229baf8c7c23b76be3364e1967Affected
  • 64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910 to before d30090eb546d993ea3f3023452540c476ea614a5Affected
  • 64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910 to before 3ecea2fee14227712694c8b54ad99d471e61de92Affected
  • 64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910 to before 53877ed201baa6b58f7ce9df92664a839113c30eAffected
  • 64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910 to before 1dedde690303c05ef732b7c5c8356fdf60a4ade3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.27Affected
  • before 2.6.27Not affected
  • 5.15.111 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.28 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.2.15 through 6.2.*Not affected
  • 6.3.2 through 6.3.*Not affected
  • 6.4 and laterNot affected

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