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

nilfs2: fix potential bug in end_buffer_async_write

According to a syzbot report, end_buffer_async_write(), which handles the
completion of block device writes, may detect abnormal condition of the
buffer async_write flag and cause a BUG_ON failure when using nilfs2.

Nilfs2 itself does not use end_buffer_async_write(). But, the async_write
flag is now used as a marker by commit 7f42ec394156 ("nilfs2: fix issue
with race condition of competition between segments for dirty blocks") as
a means of resolving double list insertion of dirty blocks in
nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() and nilfs_lookup_node_buffers() and the
resulting crash.

This modification is safe as long as it is used for file data and b-tree
node blocks where the page caches are independent. However, it was
irrelevant and redundant to also introduce async_write for segment summary
and super root blocks that share buffers with the backing device. This
led to the possibility that the BUG_ON check in end_buffer_async_write
would fail as described above, if independent writebacks of the backing
device occurred in parallel.

The use of async_write for segment summary buffers has already been
removed in a previous change.

Fix this issue by removing the manipulation of the async_write flag for
the remaining super root block buffer.
History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T12:54:26.516Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.153Z

Link: CVE-2024-26685

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:14:12.823Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-03T15:15:52.210

Modified: 2025-04-08T15:35:33.103

Link: CVE-2024-26685

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26685 - Bugzilla

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