# CVE-2024-50015: ext4: dax: fix overflowing extents beyond inode size when partially writing

> A flaw in the Linux kernel ext4 DAX implementation allows filesystem corruption and potential denial of service when a write operation is interrupted by a signal.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-51766, BELL-CVE-2024-50015, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50015, GHSA-r75j-q9wj-xrc3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50015

## What is CVE-2024-50015?

CVE-2024-50015 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: dax: fix overflowing extents beyond inode size when partially writing

The dax_iomap_rw() does two things in each iteration: map written blocks
and copy user data to blocks. If the process is killed by user(See signal
handling in dax_iomap_iter()), the copied data will be returned and added
on inode size, which means that the length of written extents may exceed
the inode size, then fsck will fail. An example is given as:

dd if=/dev/urandom of=file bs=4M count=1
 dax_iomap_rw
  iomap_iter // round 1
   ext4_iomap_begin
    ext4_iomap_alloc // allocate 0~2M extents(written flag)
  dax_iomap_iter // copy 2M data
  iomap_iter // round 2
   iomap_iter_advance
    iter->pos += iter->processed // iter->pos = 2M
   ext4_iomap_begin
    ext4_iomap_alloc // allocate 2~4M extents(written flag)
  dax_iomap_iter
   fatal_signal_pending
  done = iter->pos - iocb->ki_pos // done = 2M
 ext4_handle_inode_extension
  ext4_update_inode_size // inode size = 2M

fsck reports: Inode 13, i_size is 2097152, should be 4194304.  Fix?

Fix the problem by truncating extents if the written length is smaller
than expected.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50015?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50015?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50015 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50015 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50015 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50015/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50015/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50015
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50015
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50015

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50015/
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