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CVE-2026-74308

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, when the data=journal mount option is used, ext4_journalled_write_end() incorrectly calls ext4_write_inline_data_end() without checking the EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag. This can trigger a BUG_ON in ext4_write_inline_data(), causing a kernel crash.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may lead to kernel crash during writes to files with inline data, potentially causing system disruption (DoS).

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds a check for the EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag before calling ext4_write_inline_data_end() in ext4_journalled_write_end().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data_end When the data=journal mount option is used, the ext4_journalled_write_end() function incorrectly calls ext4_write_inline_data_end() without checking if the EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag is still set on the inode. If a previous attempt to convert the inline data to an extent failed (e.g. due to ENOSPC), the EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag is cleared, but the EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA flag remains set. In this scenario, the next call to ext4_write_begin() will not prepare the inline data xattr for writing, but ext4_journalled_write_end() will incorrectly attempt to write to it, triggering a BUG_ON(pos + len > EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_size) in ext4_write_inline_data() since i_inline_size was not expanded. Fix this by ensuring that ext4_journalled_write_end() only calls ext4_write_inline_data_end() if the EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag is set, mirroring the behavior of ext4_write_end() and ext4_da_write_end().

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