GHSA-4HCM-79J9-X472

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-17 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-10 18:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy

In alloc_inode, inode_init_always() could return -ENOMEM if security_inode_alloc() fails, which causes inode->i_private uninitialized. Then nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode() returns true and nilfs_free_inode() wrongly calls nilfs_mdt_destroy(), which frees the uninitialized inode->i_private and leads to crashes(e.g., UAF/GPF).

Fix this by moving security_inode_alloc just prior to this_cpu_inc(nr_inodes)

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy\n\nIn alloc_inode, inode_init_always() could return -ENOMEM if\nsecurity_inode_alloc() fails, which causes inode-\u003ei_private\nuninitialized. Then nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode() returns\ntrue and nilfs_free_inode() wrongly calls nilfs_mdt_destroy(),\nwhich frees the uninitialized inode-\u003ei_private\nand leads to crashes(e.g., UAF/GPF).\n\nFix this by moving security_inode_alloc just prior to\nthis_cpu_inc(nr_inodes)",
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  "modified": "2025-12-10T18:30:21Z",
  "published": "2025-09-17T15:30:38Z",
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