In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix ext4_mb_mark_bb() with flex_bg with fast_commit
In case of flex_bg feature (which is by default enabled), extents for
any given inode might span across blocks from two different block group.
ext4_mb_mark_bb() only reads the buffer_head of block bitmap once for the
starting block group, but it fails to read it again when the extent length
boundary overflows to another block group. Then in this below loop it
accesses memory beyond the block group bitmap buffer_head and results
into a data abort.
for (i = 0; i < clen; i++)
if (!mb_test_bit(blkoff + i, bitmap_bh->b_data) == !state)
already++;
This patch adds this functionality for checking block group boundary in
ext4_mb_mark_bb() and update the buffer_head(bitmap_bh) for every different
block group.
w/o this patch, I was easily able to hit a data access abort using Power platform.
<...>
[ 74.327662] EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:1141: group 11, block bitmap and bg descriptor inconsistent: 21248 vs 23294 free clusters
[ 74.533214] EXT4-fs (loop3): shut down requested (2)
[ 74.536705] Aborting journal on device loop3-8.
[ 74.702705] BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0xc00000005e980000
[ 74.703727] Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000007bffb8
cpu 0xd: Vector: 300 (Data Access) at [c000000015db7060]
pc: c0000000007bffb8: ext4_mb_mark_bb+0x198/0x5a0
lr: c0000000007bfeec: ext4_mb_mark_bb+0xcc/0x5a0
sp: c000000015db7300
msr: 800000000280b033
dar: c00000005e980000
dsisr: 40000000
current = 0xc000000027af6880
paca = 0xc00000003ffd5200 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x01
pid = 5167, comm = mount
<...>
enter ? for help
[c000000015db7380] c000000000782708 ext4_ext_clear_bb+0x378/0x410
[c000000015db7400] c000000000813f14 ext4_fc_replay+0x1794/0x2000
[c000000015db7580] c000000000833f7c do_one_pass+0xe9c/0x12a0
[c000000015db7710] c000000000834504 jbd2_journal_recover+0x184/0x2d0
[c000000015db77c0] c000000000841398 jbd2_journal_load+0x188/0x4a0
[c000000015db7880] c000000000804de8 ext4_fill_super+0x2638/0x3e10
[c000000015db7a40] c0000000005f8404 get_tree_bdev+0x2b4/0x350
[c000000015db7ae0] c0000000007ef058 ext4_get_tree+0x28/0x40
[c000000015db7b00] c0000000005f6344 vfs_get_tree+0x44/0x100
[c000000015db7b70] c00000000063c408 path_mount+0xdd8/0xe70
[c000000015db7c40] c00000000063c8f0 sys_mount+0x450/0x550
[c000000015db7d50] c000000000035770 system_call_exception+0x4a0/0x4e0
[c000000015db7e10] c00000000000c74c system_call_common+0xec/0x250
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% 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 low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 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 low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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)14 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 total (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