CVE-2024-50230: nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of checked flag

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-09 · updated 2026-08-04
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of checked flag Syzbot reported that in directory operations after nilfs2 detects filesystem corruption and degrades to read-only, __block_write_begin_int(), which is called to prepare block writes, may fail the BUG_ON check for accesses exceeding the folio/page size, triggering a kernel bug. This was found to be because the "checked" flag of a page/folio was not cleared when it was discarded by nilfs2's own routine, which causes the sanity check of directory entries to be skipped when the directory page/folio is reloaded. So, fix that. This was necessary when the use of nilfs2's own page discard routine was applied to more than just metadata files.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 3.10 before 4.19.323; from 4.20 before 5.4.285; from 5.5 before 5.10.229; from 5.11 before 5.15.171; from 5.16 before 6.1.116; from 6.2 before 6.6.60 — fixed in 4.19.323, 5.10.229, 5.15.171, 5.4.285, 6.1.116, 6.11.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.323, 5.10.229, 5.15.171, 5.4.285. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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