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Description
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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*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11.0 up to (excluding) 5.11.20
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.12.0 up to (excluding) 5.12.3
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Reference Type
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9ea8f4637026b8e965128953f2da061ccae9c4 No Types Assigned
New CVE Received from kernel.org2/27/2024 2:04:06 PM
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Description
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.
Added
Reference
Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9ea8f4637026b8e965128953f2da061ccae9c4 [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e1eebe2131183174f4fbb6b1491355f96c6cde [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2f7ca51b0929461ea49918f27c11b680f28995 [No types assigned]
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2021-46945 NVD
Published Date: 02/27/2024 NVD
Last Modified: 06/17/2026
Source: kernel.org