nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of buffer delay flag
Syzbot reported that after nilfs2 reads a corrupted file system image
and degrades to read-only, the BUG_ON check for the buffer delay flag
in submit_bh_wbc() may fail, causing a kernel bug.
This is because the buffer delay flag is not cleared when clearing the
buffer state flags to discard a page/folio or a buffer head. So, fix
this.
This became necessary when the use of nilfs2's own page clear routine
was expanded. This state inconsistency does not occur if the buffer
is written normally by log writing.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
| Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
  Debian DLA | 
                DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update | 
  Debian DLA | 
                DLA-4075-1 | linux security update | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7276-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7277-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7288-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7288-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7289-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7289-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7289-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7289-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7291-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7293-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7294-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7294-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7294-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7294-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7295-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7305-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7308-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7310-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7331-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7388-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7389-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7390-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7393-1 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7401-1 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7413-1 | Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7449-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7449-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7450-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7451-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7452-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7453-1 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7458-1 | Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7468-1 | Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7523-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7524-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7539-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7540-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7607-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7607-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7607-3 | Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7627-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7627-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities | 
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics | 
        
        ssvc
         
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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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        epss
         
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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        epss
         
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        epss
         
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Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| Weaknesses | CWE-704 | 
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared | 
        
        Linux
         Linux linux Kernel  | 
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*  | 
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| Vendors & Products | 
        
        Linux
         Linux linux Kernel  | 
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000
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Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000
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| Metrics | 
        
        
        threat_severity
         
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        cvssV3_1
         
 
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Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of buffer delay flag Syzbot reported that after nilfs2 reads a corrupted file system image and degrades to read-only, the BUG_ON check for the buffer delay flag in submit_bh_wbc() may fail, causing a kernel bug. This is because the buffer delay flag is not cleared when clearing the buffer state flags to discard a page/folio or a buffer head. So, fix this. This became necessary when the use of nilfs2's own page clear routine was expanded. This state inconsistency does not occur if the buffer is written normally by log writing. | |
| Title | nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of buffer delay flag | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:25:40.078Z
Reserved: 2024-10-21T19:36:19.948Z
Link: CVE-2024-50116
Updated: 2025-10-01T15:16:00.871Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-11-05T18:15:14.763
Modified: 2025-11-03T23:16:52.023
Link: CVE-2024-50116
                        OpenCVE Enrichment
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 Debian DLA
 Ubuntu USN