Bug 2266486 (CVE-2021-46945)

Summary:	CVE-2021-46945 kernel: ext4: always panic when errors=panic is specified
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Nick Tait <ntait>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Bug Depends On:	2266487
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Description Nick Tait 2024-02-27 23:15:47 UTC

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

ext4: always panic when errors=panic is specified

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-46945 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/20240227184057.2368370-10-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/T/#u

Comment 1 Nick Tait 2024-02-27 23:16:21 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2266487]

Comment 7 Justin M. Forbes 2024-02-28 19:06:15 UTC

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

Comment 10 Alex 2024-06-09 15:18:18 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-46945 is: CHECK	Maybe valid. Check manually. with impact MODERATE (that is approximation based on flags DANGER DISK  ; these flags parsed automatically based on patche data). Such automatic check happens only for Low/Moderates (and only when not from reporter, but parsing already existing CVE). Highs always checked manually (I check it myself and then we check it again in Remediation team). In rare cases some of the Moderates could be increased to High later.