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CVE-2023-53101 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: zero i_disksize when initializing the bootloader inode If the boot loader inode has never been used before, the EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT inode will initialize it, including setting the i_size to 0. However, if the "never before used" boot loader has a non-zero i_size, then i_disksize will be non-zero, and the inconsistency between i_size and i_disksize can trigger a kernel warning: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2580 at fs/ext4/file.c:319 CPU: 0 PID: 2580 Comm: bb Not tainted 6.3.0-rc1-00004-g703695902cfa RIP: 0010:ext4_file_write_iter+0xbc7/0xd10 Call Trace: vfs_write+0x3b1/0x5c0 ksys_write+0x77/0x160 __x64_sys_write+0x22/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x39/0x80 Reproducer: 1. create corrupted image and mount it: mke2fs -t ext4 /tmp/foo.img 200 debugfs -wR "sif <5> size 25700" /tmp/foo.img mount -t ext4 /tmp/foo.img /mnt cd /mnt echo 123 > file 2. Run the reproducer program: posix_memalign(&buf, 1024, 1024) fd = open("file", O_RDWR | O_DIRECT); ioctl(fd, EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT); write(fd, buf, 1024); Fix this by setting i_disksize as well as i_size to zero when initiaizing the boot loader inode.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a821aacc64d4b05dafd239dbc9b7856686002f kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8a6c9a6415999fee1259ccf1796480c026b7d6 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f00c476da8fe7c4c34ea16abb55d74127120413 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59eee0cdf8c036f554add97a4da7c06d7a9ff34a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb27b1e76f0cc886ac09055bc41c0ab3f205167 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e9a4cc5486356158554f6ad73027d8635a48b34 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6c1447e483c05dbcfb3ff77ac04237a82070b8c kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5361da1e60d54ec81346aee8e3d8baf1be0b762 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53101
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2025
NVD Last Modified:
05/05/2025
Source:
kernel.org