Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-72455.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-72455
Upstream
Published
2025-12-16T15:15:55Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:22:10Z
Summary
CVE-2025-68264 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.121.1-1
Details

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

ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations

The cached ei->i_inline_size can become stale between the initial size check and when ext4_update_inline_data()/ext4_create_inline_data() use it. Although ext4_get_max_inline_size() reads the correct value at the time of the check, concurrent xattr operations can modify i_inline_size before ext4_write_lock_xattr() is acquired.

This causes ext4_update_inline_data() and ext4_create_inline_data() to work with stale capacity values, leading to a BUG_ON() crash in ext4_write_inline_data():

kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inline.c:1331! BUG_ON(pos + len > EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_size);

The race window:

  1. ext4_get_max_inline_size() reads i_inline_size = 60 (correct)
  2. Size check passes for 50-byte write
  3. [Another thread adds xattr, i_inline_size changes to 40]
  4. ext4_write_lock_xattr() acquires lock
  5. ext4_update_inline_data() uses stale i_inline_size = 60
  6. Attempts to write 50 bytes but only 40 bytes actually available
  7. BUG_ON() triggers

Fix this by recalculating i_inline_size via ext4_find_inline_data_nolock() immediately after acquiring xattr_sem. This ensures ext4_update_inline_data() and ext4_create_inline_data() work with current values that are protected from concurrent modifications.

This is similar to commit a54c4613dac1 ("ext4: fix race writing to an inline_data file while its xattrs are changing") which fixed i_inline_off staleness. This patch addresses the related i_inline_size staleness issue.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.121.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-72455.json"