{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2021-47637", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-02-26T01:48:21.519Z", "datePublished": "2025-02-26T01:54:10.709Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-02-26T01:54:10.709Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-02-26T01:54:10.709Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback\n\nFollowing hung tasks:\n[ 77.028764] task:kworker/u8:4 state:D stack: 0 pid: 132\n[ 77.028820] Call Trace:\n[ 77.029027] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[ 77.029067] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60\n[ 77.029074] ubifs_write_inode+0x68/0x1f0 [ubifs]\n[ 77.029117] __writeback_single_inode+0x43c/0x570\n[ 77.029128] writeback_sb_inodes+0x259/0x740\n[ 77.029148] wb_writeback+0x107/0x4d0\n[ 77.029163] wb_workfn+0x162/0x7b0\n\n[ 92.390442] task:aa state:D stack: 0 pid: 1506\n[ 92.390448] Call Trace:\n[ 92.390458] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[ 92.390461] wb_wait_for_completion+0x82/0xd0\n[ 92.390469] __writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0xb2/0x110\n[ 92.390472] writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x14/0x20\n[ 92.390476] ubifs_budget_space+0x705/0xdd0 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390503] do_rename.cold+0x7f/0x187 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390549] ubifs_rename+0x8b/0x180 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390571] vfs_rename+0xdb2/0x1170\n[ 92.390580] do_renameat2+0x554/0x770\n\n, are caused by concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback processes:\n\trename_whiteout(Thread 1)\t wb_workfn(Thread2)\nubifs_rename\n do_rename\n lock_4_inodes (Hold ui_mutex)\n ubifs_budget_space\n make_free_space\n shrink_liability\n\t __writeback_inodes_sb_nr\n\t bdi_split_work_to_wbs (Queue new wb work)\n\t\t\t\t\t wb_do_writeback(wb work)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t__writeback_single_inode\n\t\t\t\t\t ubifs_write_inode\n\t\t\t\t\t LOCK(ui_mutex)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \u2191\n\t wb_wait_for_completion (Wait wb work) <-- deadlock!\n\nReproducer (Detail program in [Link]):\n 1. SYS_renameat2(\"/mp/dir/file\", \"/mp/dir/whiteout\", RENAME_WHITEOUT)\n 2. Consume out of space before kernel(mdelay) doing budget for whiteout\n\nFix it by doing whiteout space budget before locking ubifs inodes.\nBTW, it also fixes wrong goto tag 'out_release' in whiteout budget\nerror handling path(It should at least recover dir i_size and unlock\n4 ubifs inodes)."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ubifs/dir.c"], "versions": [{"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "9dddc8211430fb851ddf0b168e3a00c6f66cc185", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "37bdf1ad592555ecda1d55b89f6e393e4c0589d1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "83e42a78428fc354f5e2049935b84c8d8d29b787", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "c58af8564a7b08757173009030b74baf4b2b762b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "70e9090acc32348cedc5def0cd6d5c126efc97b9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "8b278c8dcfb565cb65eceb62a38cbf7a7c326db5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798", "lessThan": "afd427048047e8efdedab30e8888044e2be5aa9c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ubifs/dir.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4.9", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "4.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "4.19.238", "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.4.189", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.10.110", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.15.33", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.16.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.16.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.17.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dddc8211430fb851ddf0b168e3a00c6f66cc185"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37bdf1ad592555ecda1d55b89f6e393e4c0589d1"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e42a78428fc354f5e2049935b84c8d8d29b787"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c58af8564a7b08757173009030b74baf4b2b762b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e9090acc32348cedc5def0cd6d5c126efc97b9"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b278c8dcfb565cb65eceb62a38cbf7a7c326db5"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd427048047e8efdedab30e8888044e2be5aa9c"}], "title": "ubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-5f407fcff5a0"}}}}

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SYS_renameat2(\"/mp/dir/file\", \"/mp/dir/whiteout\", RENAME_WHITEOUT)\n 2. Consume out of space before kernel(mdelay) doing budget for whiteout\n\nFix it by doing whiteout space budget before locking ubifs inodes.\nBTW, it also fixes wrong goto tag 'out_release' in whiteout budget\nerror handling path(It should at least recover dir i_size and unlock\n4 ubifs inodes)."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad:\n\nubifs: Se corrige interbloqueo en concurrencia de un renombrado con whiteout simult\u00e1neo a la escritura del inodo.\n\nTareas colgadas:\n[ 77.028764] task:kworker/u8:4 state:D stack: 0 pid: 132\n[ 77.028820] Call Trace:\n[ 77.029027] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[ 77.029067] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60\n[ 77.029074] ubifs_write_inode+0x68/0x1f0 [ubifs]\n[ 77.029117] __writeback_single_inode+0x43c/0x570\n[ 77.029128] writeback_sb_inodes+0x259/0x740\n[ 77.029148] wb_writeback+0x107/0x4d0\n[ 77.029163] wb_workfn+0x162/0x7b0\n\n[ 92.390442] task:aa state:D stack: 0 pid: 1506\n[ 92.390448] Call Trace:\n[ 92.390458] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[ 92.390461] wb_wait_for_completion+0x82/0xd0\n[ 92.390469] __writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0xb2/0x110\n[ 92.390472] writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x14/0x20\n[ 92.390476] ubifs_budget_space+0x705/0xdd0 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390503] do_rename.cold+0x7f/0x187 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390549] ubifs_rename+0x8b/0x180 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390571] vfs_rename+0xdb2/0x1170\n[ 92.390580] do_renameat2+0x554/0x770\n\n, ocasionado por procesos simult\u00e1neos de renombrado con whiteout y escritura del inodo:\n\trename_whiteout(Thread 1)\t wb_workfn(Thread2)\nubifs_rename\n do_rename\n lock_4_inodes (Hold ui_mutex)\n ubifs_budget_space\n make_free_space\n shrink_liability\n\t __writeback_inodes_sb_nr\n\t bdi_split_work_to_wbs (Queue new wb work)\n\t\t\t\t\t wb_do_writeback(wb work)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t__writeback_single_inode\n\t\t\t\t\t ubifs_write_inode\n\t\t\t\t\t LOCK(ui_mutex)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t ?\n\t wb_wait_for_completion (Wait wb work) &lt;-- \u00a1interbloqueo!\n\nCaso de prueba:\n 1. SYS_renameat2(\"/mp/dir/file\", \"/mp/dir/whiteout\", RENAME_WHITEOUT)\n 2. Consumir todo el espacio antes de que kernel(mdelay) planifique el whiteout\n\nArreglado calculando el espacio de whiteout antes de bloquear los inodos de ubifs.\n\nTambi\u00e9n soluciona etiqueta la etiqueta goto err\u00f3nea 'out_release' en el flujo de errores\nde la planificaci\u00f3n del whiteout (al menos deber\u00eda recuperar el directorio i_size y desbloquear 4 inodos de ubifs).\n"}], "id": "CVE-2021-47637", "lastModified": "2025-03-18T19:30:11.170", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-02-26T06:37:05.477", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37bdf1ad592555ecda1d55b89f6e393e4c0589d1"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e9090acc32348cedc5def0cd6d5c126efc97b9"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e42a78428fc354f5e2049935b84c8d8d29b787"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b278c8dcfb565cb65eceb62a38cbf7a7c326db5"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dddc8211430fb851ddf0b168e3a00c6f66cc185"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd427048047e8efdedab30e8888044e2be5aa9c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c58af8564a7b08757173009030b74baf4b2b762b"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-667"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback", "id": "2347788", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2347788"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-667", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback\nFollowing hung tasks:\n[ 77.028764] task:kworker/u8:4 state:D stack: 0 pid: 132\n[ 77.028820] Call Trace:\n[ 77.029027] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[ 77.029067] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60\n[ 77.029074] ubifs_write_inode+0x68/0x1f0 [ubifs]\n[ 77.029117] __writeback_single_inode+0x43c/0x570\n[ 77.029128] writeback_sb_inodes+0x259/0x740\n[ 77.029148] wb_writeback+0x107/0x4d0\n[ 77.029163] wb_workfn+0x162/0x7b0\n[ 92.390442] task:aa state:D stack: 0 pid: 1506\n[ 92.390448] Call Trace:\n[ 92.390458] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[ 92.390461] wb_wait_for_completion+0x82/0xd0\n[ 92.390469] __writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0xb2/0x110\n[ 92.390472] writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x14/0x20\n[ 92.390476] ubifs_budget_space+0x705/0xdd0 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390503] do_rename.cold+0x7f/0x187 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390549] ubifs_rename+0x8b/0x180 [ubifs]\n[ 92.390571] vfs_rename+0xdb2/0x1170\n[ 92.390580] do_renameat2+0x554/0x770\n, are caused by concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback processes:\nrename_whiteout(Thread 1) wb_workfn(Thread2)\nubifs_rename\ndo_rename\nlock_4_inodes (Hold ui_mutex)\nubifs_budget_space\nmake_free_space\nshrink_liability\n__writeback_inodes_sb_nr\nbdi_split_work_to_wbs (Queue new wb work)\nwb_do_writeback(wb work)\n__writeback_single_inode\nubifs_write_inode\nLOCK(ui_mutex)\n\u2191\nwb_wait_for_completion (Wait wb work) <-- deadlock!\nReproducer (Detail program in [Link]):\n1. SYS_renameat2(\"/mp/dir/file\", \"/mp/dir/whiteout\", RENAME_WHITEOUT)\n2. Consume out of space before kernel(mdelay) doing budget for whiteout\nFix it by doing whiteout space budget before locking ubifs inodes.\nBTW, it also fixes wrong goto tag 'out_release' in whiteout budget\nerror handling path(It should at least recover dir i_size and unlock\n4 ubifs inodes)."], "name": "CVE-2021-47637", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-02-26T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47637\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47637\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022646-CVE-2021-47637-c754@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}