GSD-2023-1001260 ext4: fix corruption when online resizing a 1K bigalloc fs
Local attackers with high privileges can cause filesystem corruption and denial of service by online resizing a 1K bigalloc ext4 filesystem.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is GSD-2023-1001260?
GSD-2023-1001260 is a denial of service vulnerability in Kernel, published on 17 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ext4: fix corruption when online resizing a 1K bigalloc fs
This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.163 by commit f06c980287f165d4e8e0628de0cdcda87ffa022f, it was introduced in version v4.15 by commit d77147ff443b255d82c907a632c825b2cc610b10. For more details please see the references link.
Which versions are affected by GSD-2023-1001260?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including Kernel.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Kernel Linux | All versions | None |
How do I fix GSD-2023-1001260?
No fix has been published for GSD-2023-1001260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is GSD-2023-1001260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of GSD-2023-1001260 in the wild and no public exploit code.