CVE-2026-13215
MediumCVSS 6.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Zephyr ext2 filesystem driver fails to validate the s_log_block_size field of the on-disk superblock when mounting a filesystem. A crafted image can cause a shift overflow or oversized block size, leading to an out-of-bounds write into static memory in kernel mode.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes memory corruption in supervisor mode, potentially leading to denial of service or code execution. The vulnerability is reachable by any attacker who can present a crafted ext2 image to a device that mounts it (e.g., removable SD card).
Recommendation
Apply the fix that rejects s_log_block_size values greater than 11 or that produce a block size exceeding CONFIG_EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE. Update Zephyr to a patched version.
Other vulnerabilities in Zephyr ext2 filesystem driver
See all- CVE-2026-13478Medium
The Zephyr ext2 filesystem driver contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability triggered when mounting a crafted ext2 image. The ext2_bitmap_count_set() function scans memory based on unvalidated superblock values, potentially reading about 512 MB past the bitmap buffer.
- CVE-2026-10645Medium
The Zephyr ext2 filesystem driver trusts on-disk directory entry fields de_rec_len and de_name_len when walking a directory block. The validation of de_name_len is ineffective, allowing up to 263 bytes out-of-bounds read past the block buffer, leading to kernel memory leak, and a de_rec_len of 0 causes an infinite loop (denial of service). Affected versions from v3.5.0 to v4.4.0.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Zephyr ext2 filesystem driver fails to validate the s_log_block_size field of the on-disk superblock when mounting a filesystem. ext2_verify_disk_superblock() in subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_impl.c checks the magic number, revision, inode size and group counts, but never bounds s_log_block_size. On a successful verify, subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_ops.c computes fs->block_size = 1024 << superblock.s_log_block_size from this attacker-controlled uint32_t, so a crafted value either overflows the shift (undefined behaviour) or yields a block size far larger than CONFIG_EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE. That block size is then passed to k_mem_slab_init() by ext2_init_blocks_slab() to carve CONFIG_EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_COUNT blocks out of the fixed static buffer __ext2_block_memory_buffer, whose size is CONFIG_EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_COUNT * CONFIG_EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE. k_mem_slab_init() does not verify that the requested blocks fit the buffer, and the ext2 wrapper discards its return value, so the slab is laid out past the end of the static buffer. The mount immediately reads block-group, bitmap and inode blocks of fs->block_size bytes each into these slab blocks, producing an out-of-bounds write into adjacent static memory on the first block read. The entire path is gated only by data read from the mounted image, making this reachable by any attacker who can present a crafted ext2 image to a device that mounts it (for example a removable SD card or storage medium). Because the ext2 driver runs in kernel mode, supplying image bytes yields a supervisor-mode memory-corruption primitive, with impact ranging from denial of service to potential code execution. The fix rejects s_log_block_size values that overflow the shift (greater than 11) or that produce a block size exceeding CONFIG_EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE, so the block slab can no longer be initialized larger than its backing buffer.

