ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent Syzbot found the following issue: EXT4-fs: Warning: mounting with data=journal disables delayed allocation, dioread_nolock, O_DIRECT and fast_commit support! EXT4-fs (loop0): orphan cleanup on readonly fs ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5067 at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1869 mb_find_extent+0x8a1/0xe30 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 5067 Comm: syz-executor307 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 RIP: 0010:mb_find_extent+0x8a1/0xe30 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1869 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c9e098 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff82405731 RBX: 0000000000000041 RCX: ffff8880783457c0 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000041 RDI: 0000000000000040 RBP: 0000000000000040 R08: ffffffff82405723 R09: ffffed10053c9402 R10: ffffed10053c9402 R11: 1ffff110053c9401 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffc90003c9e538 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffc90003c9e2cc FS: 0000555556665300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000056312f6796f8 CR3: 0000000022437000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ext4_mb_complex_scan_group+0x353/0x1100 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2307 ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x1533/0x3860 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:27
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.283, 5.10.180, 5.15.112, 5.4.243, 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53317
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 07:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent Syzbot found the following issue: EXT4-fs: Warning: mounting with data=journal disables delayed allocation, dioread_nolock, O_DIRECT and fast_commit support! EXT4-fs (loop0): orphan cleanup on readonly fs ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5067 at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1869 mb_find_extent+0x8a1/0xe30 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 5067 Comm: syz-executor307 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 RIP: 0010:mb_find_extent+0x8a1/0xe30 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1869 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c9e098 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff82405731 RBX: 0000000000000041 RCX: ffff8880783457c0 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000041 RDI: 0000000000000040 RBP: 0000000000000040 R08: ffffffff82405723 R09: ffffed10053c9402 R10: ffffed10053c9402 R11: 1ffff110053c9401 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffc90003c9e538 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffc90003c9e2cc FS: 0000555556665300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000056312f6796f8 CR3: 0000000022437000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ext4_mb_complex_scan_group+0x353/0x1100 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2307 ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x1533/0x3860 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:27
osv:CVE-2023-53317
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3
Complete source record
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