CVE-2023-54021

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via ext4_mb_normalize_request Goal Start Mismanagement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: set goal start correctly in ext4_mb_normalize_request We need to set ac_g_ex to notify the goal start used in ext4_mb_find_by_goal. Set ac_g_ex instead of ac_f_ex in ext4_mb_normalize_request. Besides we should assure goal start is in range [first_data_block, blocks_count) as ext4_mb_initialize_context does. [ Added a check to make sure size is less than ar->pright; otherwise we could end up passing an underflowed value of ar->pright - size to ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(), which will trigger a BUG_ON later on. - TYT ]

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.8%

Details

Status published
Products (25)
linux/Kernel 2.6.25 - 4.14.316linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.284linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.244linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.113linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.30linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.181linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.3.4linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.25
Linux/Linux 2.6.25
Linux/Linux 4.14.316 - 4.14.*
... and 15 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026