CVE-2021-47004

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.20-5.12 - Denial of Service via F2FS Checkpointed Data Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid touching checkpointed data in get_victim() In CP disabling mode, there are two issues when using LFS or SSR | AT_SSR mode to select victim: 1. LFS is set to find source section during GC, the victim should have no checkpointed data, since after GC, section could not be set free for reuse. Previously, we only check valid chpt blocks in current segment rather than section, fix it. 2. SSR | AT_SSR are set to find target segment for writes which can be fully filled by checkpointed and newly written blocks, we should never select such segment, otherwise it can cause panic or data corruption during allocation, potential case is described as below: a) target segment has 'n' (n < 512) ckpt valid blocks b) GC migrates 'n' valid blocks to other segment (segment is still in dirty list) c) GC migrates '512 - n' blocks to target segment (segment has 'n' cp_vblocks and '512 - n' vblocks) d) If GC selects target segment via {AT,}SSR allocator, however there is no free space in targe segment.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 4.20
Linux/Linux 4.20
Linux/Linux 4354994f097d068a894aa1a0860da54571df3582 - 105155a8146ddb54c119d8318964eef3859d109d
Linux/Linux 4354994f097d068a894aa1a0860da54571df3582 - 1e116f87825f01a6380286472196882746b16f63
Linux/Linux 4354994f097d068a894aa1a0860da54571df3582 - 211372b2571520e394b56b431a0705586013b3ff
Linux/Linux 4354994f097d068a894aa1a0860da54571df3582 - 61461fc921b756ae16e64243f72af2bfc2e620db
Linux/Linux 5.10.38 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.22 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.5 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
... and 1 more
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026