CVE-2024-50229

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However,\nwhen a new symlink is created with nilfs_symlink(), the gfp flags remain\noverwritten to GFP_KERNEL. Then, memory allocation called from\npage_symlink() etc. triggers memory reclamation including the FS layer,\nwhich may call nilfs_evict_inode() or nilfs_dirty_inode(). And these can\ncause a deadlock if they are called while nilfs->ns_segctor_sem is held:\n\nFix this issue by dropping the __GFP_FS flag from the page cache GFP flags\nof newly created symlinks in the same way that nilfs_new_inode() and\n__nilfs_read_inode() do, as a workaround until we adopt nofs allocation\nscope consistently or improve the locking constraints."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/nilfs2/namei.c"], "versions": [{"version": "21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174", "lessThan": "cc38c596e648575ce58bfc31623a6506eda4b94a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174", "lessThan": "a1686db1e59f8fc016c4c9361e2119dd206f479a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174", "lessThan": 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And these can\ncause a deadlock if they are called while nilfs->ns_segctor_sem is held:\n\nFix this issue by dropping the __GFP_FS flag from the page cache GFP flags\nof newly created symlinks in the same way that nilfs_new_inode() and\n__nilfs_read_inode() do, as a workaround until we adopt nofs allocation\nscope consistently or improve the locking constraints."}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "4.19.323", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.285", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.229", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.171", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.116", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.60", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.11.7", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.12", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionStartIncluding": "4.4.116"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-05-04T12:59:56.529Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2024-50229", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T22:27:09.604Z", "dateReserved": "2024-10-21T19:36:19.973Z", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "datePublished": "2024-11-09T10:14:39.756Z", "assignerShortName": "Linux"}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

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And these can\ncause a deadlock if they are called while nilfs->ns_segctor_sem is held:\n\nFix this issue by dropping the __GFP_FS flag from the page cache GFP flags\nof newly created symlinks in the same way that nilfs_new_inode() and\n__nilfs_read_inode() do, as a workaround until we adopt nofs allocation\nscope consistently or improve the locking constraints."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: nilfs2: arregla un potencial bloqueo con enlaces simb\u00f3licos reci\u00e9n creados Syzbot inform\u00f3 que page_symlink(), llamado por nilfs_symlink(), activa la recuperaci\u00f3n de memoria que involucra la capa del sistema de archivos, lo que puede resultar en dependencias de bloqueo circular entre el sem\u00e1foro de lectura/escritura nilfs->ns_segctor_sem, s_writers percpu_rwsem (intwrite) y el pseudobloqueo fs_reclaim. Esto se debe a que despu\u00e9s de el commit 21fc61c73c39 (\"no poner cuerpos de enlaces simb\u00f3licos en pagecache en highmem\"), las banderas gfp de la cach\u00e9 de p\u00e1ginas para enlaces simb\u00f3licos se sobrescriben a GFP_KERNEL a trav\u00e9s de inode_nohighmem(). Esto no es un problema para los enlaces simb\u00f3licos le\u00eddos desde el dispositivo de respaldo, porque la bandera __GFP_FS se descarta despu\u00e9s de que se llama a inode_nohighmem(). Sin embargo, cuando se crea un nuevo enlace simb\u00f3lico con nilfs_symlink(), los indicadores gfp permanecen sobrescritos en GFP_KERNEL. Luego, la asignaci\u00f3n de memoria llamada desde page_symlink(), etc., activa la recuperaci\u00f3n de memoria, incluida la capa FS, que puede llamar a nilfs_evict_inode() o nilfs_dirty_inode(). 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