CVE-2023-53337

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

nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only

According to syzbot's report, mark_buffer_dirty() called from
nilfs_segctor_do_construct() outputs a warning with some patterns after
nilfs2 detects metadata corruption and degrades to read-only mode.

After such read-only degeneration, page cache data may be cleared through
nilfs_clear_dirty_page() which may also clear the uptodate flag for their
buffer heads.  However, even after the degeneration, log writes are still
performed by unmount processing etc., which causes mark_buffer_dirty() to
be called for buffer heads without the "uptodate" flag and causes the
warning.

Since any writes should not be done to a read-only file system in the
first place, this fixes the warning in mark_buffer_dirty() by letting
nilfs_segctor_do_construct() abort early if in read-only mode.

This also changes the retry check of nilfs_segctor_write_out() to avoid
unnecessary log write retries if it detects -EROFS that
nilfs_segctor_do_construct() returned.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
< 4.14.315
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.283
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.243
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.180
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.111
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.28
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.2.15
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3 ≤
𝑥
< 6.3.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.148-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.147-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.43-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.41-1
fixed
forky
6.16.7-1
fixed
sid
6.16.7-1
fixed