System hang via uninitialized extent replay state
Published Aug 17, 2024 · Updated May 12, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux ext4 filesystem allows local users to hang a system during fast-commit journal replay. The ext4_ext_determine_insert_hole() replay path calls ext4_es_find_extent_range(), which returns without initializing an extent_status structure; garbage data then overflows an integer and prevents loop termination. Reachability requires local low-privileged access and an ext4 filesystem undergoing fast-commit replay; the demonstrated consequence is a persistent service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux ext4 filesystem allows local users to hang a system during fast-commit journal replay. The ext4_ext_determine_insert_hole() replay path calls ext4_es_find_extent_range(), which returns without initializing an extent_status structure; garbage data then overflows an integer and prevents loop termination. Reachability requires local low-privileged access and an ext4 filesystem undergoing fast-commit replay; the demonstrated consequence is a persistent service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43828
- Published
- Aug 17, 2024
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
- Classifications
- CWE-835, T1499.004
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- local
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- authenticated
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- Aug 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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