In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix race condition between ext4_write and ext4_convert_inline_data
Hulk Robot reported a BUG_ON:
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EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:805: group 0,
block bitmap and bg descriptor inconsistent: 25 vs 31513 free clusters
kernel BUG at fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 25371 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.10.0+ #1
RIP: 0010:ext4_put_nojournal fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__ext4_journal_stop+0x10e/0x110 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:116
[...]
Call Trace:
ext4_write_inline_data_end+0x59a/0x730 fs/ext4/inline.c:795
generic_perform_write+0x279/0x3c0 mm/filemap.c:3344
ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/ext4/file.c:270
ext4_file_write_iter+0x30a/0x11c0 fs/ext4/file.c:520
do_iter_readv_writev+0x339/0x3c0 fs/read_write.c:732
do_iter_write+0x107/0x430 fs/read_write.c:861
vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:934 [inline]
do_pwritev+0x1e5/0x380 fs/read_write.c:1031
[...]
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Above issue may happen as follows:
cpu1 cpu2
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do_pwritev
vfs_writev
do_iter_write
ext4_file_write_iter
ext4_buffered_write_iter
generic_perform_write
ext4_da_write_begin
vfs_fallocate
ext4_fallocate
ext4_convert_inline_data
ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock
ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock
clear EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA
ext4_map_blocks
ext4_ext_map_blocks
ext4_mb_new_blocks
ext4_mb_regular_allocator
ext4_mb_good_group_nolock
ext4_mb_init_group
ext4_mb_init_cache
ext4_mb_generate_buddy --> error
ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)
ext4_restore_inline_data
set EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA
ext4_block_write_begin
ext4_da_write_end
ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)
ext4_write_inline_data_end
handle=NULL
ext4_journal_stop(handle)
__ext4_journal_stop
ext4_put_nojournal(handle)
ref_cnt = (unsigned long)handle
BUG_ON(ref_cnt == 0) ---> BUG_ON
The lock held by ext4_convert_inline_data is xattr_sem, but the lock
held by generic_perform_write is i_rwsem. Therefore, the two locks can
be concurrent.
To solve above issue, we add inode_lock() for ext4_convert_inline_data().
At the same time, move ext4_convert_inline_data() in front of
ext4_punch_hole(), remove similar handling from ext4_punch_hole().
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (4.7): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 4.7 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it