Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix readdir position truncation on 32-bit kernels
In ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(), the directory cookie position is rebuilt with
ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1)) | offset;
`ctx->pos` is loff_t (signed 64-bit), while `sb->s_blocksize` is unsigned long. On 32-bit kernels unsigned long is 32-bit, so the mask
~(sb->s_blocksize - 1)
is computed as a 32-bit unsigned value (e.g. 0xfffff000 for a 4 KiB block size). In the AND expression with the 64-bit `ctx->pos`, that unsigned operand is zero-extended to 64 bits per the usual arithmetic conversions, yielding 0x00000000fffff000. The high 32 bits of `ctx->pos` are silently cleared, even though directory size is allowed to exceed 4 GiB.
When readdir() crosses the 4 GiB boundary on a 32-bit kernel the position is reset back into the first 4 GiB block, making the re-validation path re-enumerate already-returned dirents indefinitely.
This is ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(), the extent-list readdir path taken for all non-inline directories, so a directory large enough to cross 4 GiB reaches it.
This is the same class of bug that commit 3dce5bb82c97 ("exfat: Fix bitwise operation having different size") fixed in exfat, and the fix mirrors the equivalent ext4 fix in this series. Cast the operand to loff_t so the mask is 64-bit before the AND:
ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~((loff_t)sb->s_blocksize - 1)) | offset;
64-bit kernels are unaffected.
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < c28dc3407937aa8f225942538cd585c9b28ea65a; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < 94569154ba49f5f85645d2019c8e206213d8404e; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < 1ae7029823ae4c91664cb32eec7fb8dd5e1a337a; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < f9dd5cad8d09110ddff2db1fe756aae93c7552ff; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < 1001fb3b69a11eaa0dc7c7428f6edfa48b88997a; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < c0c165487a2ea5a37ddcdab4259157b7a527129c; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < b53e2b271eeb6040c2a4a78230c570dc41cdcfa4; >= ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c, < a63308ab426f3a3c7e33b02c150ea59054620261 |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.16 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1001fb3b69a11eaa0dc7c7428f6edfa48b88997a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ae7029823ae4c91664cb32eec7fb8dd5e1a337a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94569154ba49f5f85645d2019c8e206213d8404e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63308ab426f3a3c7e33b02c150ea59054620261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b53e2b271eeb6040c2a4a78230c570dc41cdcfa4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0c165487a2ea5a37ddcdab4259157b7a527129c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c28dc3407937aa8f225942538cd585c9b28ea65a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9dd5cad8d09110ddff2db1fe756aae93c7552ff
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received