Linux Kernel up to 7.0.9 nilfs2 nilfs_ioctl_mark_blocks_dirty iteration

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0.9. The impacted element is the function nilfs_ioctl_mark_blocks_dirty of the component nilfs2. The manipulation results in iteration. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-53320. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0.9. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function nilfs_ioctl_mark_blocks_dirty of the component nilfs2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a iteration vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-834. The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: reject zero bd_oblocknr in nilfs_ioctl_mark_blocks_dirty() nilfs_ioctl_mark_blocks_dirty() uses bd_oblocknr to detect dead blocks by comparing it with the current block number bd_blocknr. If they differ, the block is considered dead and skipped. However, bd_oblocknr should never be 0 since block 0 typically stores the primary superblock and is never a valid GC target block. A corrupted ioctl request with bd_oblocknr set to 0 causes the comparison to incorrectly match when the lookup returns -ENOENT and sets bd_blocknr to 0, bypassing the dead block check and calling nilfs_bmap_mark() on a non-existent block. This causes nilfs_btree_do_lookup() to return -ENOENT, triggering the WARN_ON(ret == -ENOENT). Fix this by rejecting ioctl requests with bd_oblocknr set to 0 at the beginning of each iteration. [ryusuke: slightly modified the commit message and comments for accuracy]

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-53320 since 06/09/2026. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.141, 6.12.91, 6.18.33 or 7.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e0a0c4903cbba351f0f5b5d104960d3a5b23202f/9472d37799a0b9ff9b99639f35961ac2f0b3c9be/65e07964b4b2daf9a54e686cf0fa72d74a9648a8/b88f905d4449b70da6bda547be546e365e44352e/4525658002be3ad310b16bf8db48c8adb6a55d32/e5ff0ba4b6983cdbcc826efc201e7179ece5d46f/94094e70fe292c9566502772d4d4d6d6a99204b1/be3e5d10643d3be1cbac9d9939f220a99253f980 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Linux

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License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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