CVE-2026-31449 (GCVE-0-2026-31449)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 13:53 – Updated: 2026-05-17 15:21
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Title
ext4: validate p_idx bounds in ext4_ext_correct_indexes
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: validate p_idx bounds in ext4_ext_correct_indexes ext4_ext_correct_indexes() walks up the extent tree correcting index entries when the first extent in a leaf is modified. Before accessing path[k].p_idx->ei_block, there is no validation that p_idx falls within the valid range of index entries for that level. If the on-disk extent header contains a corrupted or crafted eh_entries value, p_idx can point past the end of the allocated buffer, causing a slab-out-of-bounds read. Fix this by validating path[k].p_idx against EXT_LAST_INDEX() at both access sites: before the while loop and inside it. Return -EFSCORRUPTED if the index pointer is out of range, consistent with how other bounds violations are handled in the ext4 extent tree code.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Linux Linux Affected: a86c61812637c7dd0c57e29880cffd477b62f2e7 , < 4d08401aa13f1531216f1a7ae281ca4806e90a5c (git)
Affected: a86c61812637c7dd0c57e29880cffd477b62f2e7 , < 407c944f217c17d4343148011acafebc604d55e1 (git)
Affected: a86c61812637c7dd0c57e29880cffd477b62f2e7 , < 93f2e975ed658ce09db4d4c2877ca2c06540df83 (git)
Affected: a86c61812637c7dd0c57e29880cffd477b62f2e7 , < 01bf1e0b997d82c0e353b51ed74ef99698043c33 (git)
Affected: a86c61812637c7dd0c57e29880cffd477b62f2e7 , < 2acb5c12ebd860f30e4faf67e6cc8c44ddfe5fe8 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.80 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.21 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.11 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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