CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53270
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.27 < 5.15.111)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.28)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.2.15)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.3 < 6.3.2)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18eb23891aeae3229baf8c7c23b76be3364e1967 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dedde690303c05ef732b7c5c8356fdf60a4ade3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ecea2fee14227712694c8b54ad99d471e61de92 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53877ed201baa6b58f7ce9df92664a839113c30e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d30090eb546d993ea3f3023452540c476ea614a5 Patch