Answer in brief
CVE-2024-42305 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in ext4: check dot and dotdot of dx_root before making dir indexed. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <b80575ffa98b5bb3a5d4d392bfe4c2e03e9557db || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <19e13b4d7f0303186fcc891aba8d0de7c8fdbda8 || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <42d420517072028fb0eb852c358056b7717ba5aa || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <8afe06ed3be7a874b3cd82ef5f8959aca8d6429a || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <abb411ac991810c0bcbe51c2e76d2502bf611b5c || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <9d241b7a39af192d1bb422714a458982c7cc67a2 || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <cdd345321699042ece4a9d2e70754d2397d378c5 || >=ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 <50ea741def587a64e08879ce6c6a30131f7111e7 | b80575ffa98b5bb3a5d4d392bfe4c2e03e9557db, 19e13b4d7f0303186fcc891aba8d0de7c8fdbda8, 42d420517072028fb0eb852c358056b7717ba5aa, 8afe06ed3be7a874b3cd82ef5f8959aca8d6429a, abb411ac991810c0bcbe51c2e76d2502bf611b5c, 9d241b7a39af192d1bb422714a458982c7cc67a2, cdd345321699042ece4a9d2e70754d2397d378c5, 50ea741def587a64e08879ce6c6a30131f7111e7 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.19 | Not reported |
| Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystemgeneric | >=0 <V1.1.1 | V1.1.1 |
Published upstream
Aug 17, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: check dot and dotdot of dx_root before making dir indexed Syzbot reports a issue as follows: ============================================ BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffed11022e24fe PGD 23ffee067 P4D 23ffee067 PUD 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 PID: 5079 Comm: syz-executor306 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5-g55027e689933 #0 Call Trace: <TASK> make_indexed_dir+0xdaf/0x13c0 fs/ext4/namei.c:2341 ext4_add_entry+0x222a/0x25d0 fs/ext4/namei.c:2451 ext4_rename fs/ext4/namei.c:3936 [inline] ext4_rename2+0x26e5/0x4370 fs/ext4/namei.c:4214 [...] ============================================ The immediate cause of this problem is that there is only one valid dentry for the block to be split during do_split, so split==0 results in out of bounds accesses to the map triggering the issue. do_split unsigned split dx_make_map count = 1 split = count/2 = 0; continued = hash2 == map[split - 1].hash; ---> map[4294967295] The maximum length of a filename is 255 and the minimum block size is 1024, so it is always guaranteed that the number of entries is greater than or equal to 2 when do_split() is called. But syzbot's crafted image has no dot and dotdot in dir, and the dentry distribution in dirblock is as follows: bus dentry1 hole dentry2 free |xx--|xx-------------|...............|xx-------------|...............| 0 12 (8+248)=256 268 256 524 (8+256)=264 788 236 1024 So when renaming dentry1 increases its name_len length by 1, neither hole nor free is sufficient to hold the new dentry, and make_indexed_dir() is called. In make_indexed_dir() it is assumed that the first two entries of the dirblock must be dot and dotdot, so bus and dentry1 are left in dx_root because they are treated as dot and dotdot, and only dentry2 is moved to the new leaf block. That's why count is equal to 1. Therefore add the ext4_check_dx_root() helper function to add more sanity checks to dot and dotdot before starting the conversion to avoid the above issue.
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