CVE-2024-39469

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via nilfs_empty_dir() I/O Error Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix nilfs_empty_dir() misjudgment and long loop on I/O errors The error handling in nilfs_empty_dir() when a directory folio/page read fails is incorrect, as in the old ext2 implementation, and if the folio/page cannot be read or nilfs_check_folio() fails, it will falsely determine the directory as empty and corrupt the file system. In addition, since nilfs_empty_dir() does not immediately return on a failed folio/page read, but continues to loop, this can cause a long loop with I/O if i_size of the directory's inode is also corrupted, causing the log writer thread to wait and hang, as reported by syzbot. Fix these issues by making nilfs_empty_dir() immediately return a false value (0) if it fails to get a directory folio/page.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.1%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.30 - 4.19.317linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.279linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.162linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.95linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.221linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.5linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 - 11a2edb70356a2202dcb7c9c189c8356ab4752cd
... and 17 more
Published Jun 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026