Bug 2266484 (CVE-2021-46946)

Summary:	CVE-2021-46946 kernel: ext4: fix check to prevent false positive report of incorrect used inodes
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Nick Tait <ntait>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	[REJECTED CVE] In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix check to prevent false positive report of incorrect used inodes	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2266485
Bug Blocks:	2266459

Description Nick Tait 2024-02-27 23:05:12 UTC

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

ext4: fix check to prevent false positive report of incorrect used inodes

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-46946 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/20240227184057.2368370-11-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/T/#u

Comment 1 Nick Tait 2024-02-27 23:05:48 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2266485]

Comment 8 Justin M. Forbes 2024-02-28 19:08:22 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.12.3 stable kernel update.

Comment 9 Eric Sandeen 2024-03-08 13:31:33 UTC

Just a note, this was rejected as a CVE upstream:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024030823-REJECTED-ea48@gregkh/T/#u

Comment 11 TEJ RATHI 2025-05-29 07:14:35 UTC

This CVE has been rejected by the Linux kernel community. Refer to the announcement: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024030823-REJECTED-ea48@gregkh/

Red Hat Product Security does not consider this to be a vulnerability.

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