ext4: validate donor file superblock early in EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: validate donor file superblock early in EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT Reject the EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT ioctl early if the donor file does not belong to the same superblock as the original file. Currently, this validation is performed inside ext4_move_extents() by mext_check_validity(), but only after lock_two_nondirectories() has already acquired the inode locks. When the donor fd refers to a file on a different filesystem (e.g., overlayfs), this late validation creates a circular lock dependency: CPU0 (overlayfs write) CPU1 (ext4 ioctl) ---- ---- inode_lock(ovl_inode) mnt_want_write_file(filp) sb_start_write(ext4_sb) [sb_writers] backing_file_write_iter() vfs_iter_write(real_file) file_start_write(real_file) sb_start_write(ext4_sb) [blocked by freeze] lock_two_nondirectories() inode_lock(ovl_inode) [blocked] With a concurrent freeze operation holding sb_writers write side, this forms a deadlock cycle: CPU0 waits for freeze to complete, freeze waits for CPU1's sb_writers reader to exit, CPU1 waits for CPU0's inode lock. Since EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT exchanges physical extents between two files, it fundamentally requires both files to reside on the same ext4 filesystem. Moving the superblock check before any lock acquisition is both semantically correct and eliminates the circular dependency by ensuring that cross-filesystem donor fds are rejected before sb_writers or inode locks are taken.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.57, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74307
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6rh-x9jg-pr3v
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/Linux@29e07ec352f0ad06c833a18bf47d82c81f55544f, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@663f184b51492093d408e518efc95ee13b5b4440 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@23380fc1bf5d3b75dcbd51eb72be4eb0a3300370, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23380fc1bf5d3b75dcbd51eb72be4eb0a3300370
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/663f184b51492093d408e518efc95ee13b5b4440
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74796e886ca39fcb0d3fd36ea6a39c62784ab6fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29e07ec352f0ad06c833a18bf47d82c81f55544f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb52013cad9e9b7d3a6a14ea1bcd841e41da7c6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c143957520c6c9b5cd72e0de8b52b814f0c576fe
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74307 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74307 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j6rh-x9jg-pr3v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74307 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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