Bug 2320475 (CVE-2024-49968) - CVE-2024-49968 kernel: ext4: filesystems without casefold feature cannot be mounted with siphash
Summary: CVE-2024-49968 kernel: ext4: filesystems without casefold feature cannot be m...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-49968
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2320932
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-10-21 19:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-13 08:30 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:6966 0 None None None 2025-05-13 08:30:04 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 19:04:29 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: filesystems without casefold feature cannot be mounted with siphash

When mounting the ext4 filesystem, if the default hash version is set to
DX_HASH_SIPHASH but the casefold feature is not set, exit the mounting.
Comment 1 Michal Findra 2024-10-22 11:38:31 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102133-CVE-2024-49968-ce10@gregkh/T
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:30:03 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
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