CVE-2024-40972

Name	CVE-2024-40972
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock ext4_xattr_set_entry() creates new EA inodes while holding buffer lock on the external xattr block. This is problematic as it nests all the allocation locking (which acquires locks on other buffers) under the buffer lock. This can even deadlock when the filesystem is corrupted and e.g. quota file is setup to contain xattr block as data block. Move the allocation of EA inode out of ext4_xattr_set_entry() into the callers.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5782-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.16.84-1	vulnerable
	stretch (security)	4.9.320-2	vulnerable
	stretch (lts), stretch	4.9.320-3	vulnerable
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.19.316-1	vulnerable
	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.106-3	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.112-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.11.5-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
linux	source	jessie	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	buster	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.112-1		DSA-5782-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.9.7-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/0a46ef234756dca04623b7591e8ebb3440622f0b (6.10-rc1)