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

ext4: always panic when errors=panic is specified

Before commit 014c9caa29d3 ("ext4: make ext4_abort() use
__ext4_error()"), the following series of commands would trigger a
panic:

1. mount /dev/sda -o ro,errors=panic test
2. mount /dev/sda -o remount,abort test

After commit 014c9caa29d3, remounting a file system using the test
mount option "abort" will no longer trigger a panic. This commit will
restore the behaviour immediately before commit 014c9caa29d3.
(However, note that the Linux kernel's behavior has not been
consistent; some previous kernel versions, including 5.4 and 4.19
similarly did not panic after using the mount option "abort".)

This also makes a change to long-standing behaviour; namely, the
following series commands will now cause a panic, when previously it
did not:

1. mount /dev/sda -o ro,errors=panic test
2. echo test > /sys/fs/ext4/sda/trigger_fs_error

However, this makes ext4's behaviour much more consistent, so this is
a good thing.
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Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:00:56.295Z

Reserved: 2024-02-25T13:45:52.721Z

Link: CVE-2021-46945

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:43.032Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-27T19:04:06.190

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:34:59.630

Link: CVE-2021-46945

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-46945 - Bugzilla

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