From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 293E0200B5 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=18.9.28.11 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725895928; cv=none; b=EcWGGQwq+u5BMaR9BKIFp6aj9voeUW2h/S5zwzr1xM84bS1+k9V5FE2A86wBMoAESso6edRkCPT5QBmxWloJMje9Rgy4FIkKm+PUfny0kDRbheAkAxJ4+gQTZgQvIStyIBKv0859P1GdiX5gHTZGCULR/OyWUFMSrYH0rJEa5F0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725895928; c=relaxed/simple; bh=H/OuznDcPURetxXExfKkXOH6iC0YacL3g4+OVk67avM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition; b=mKZVDsHDC208U48h1WccYiJqfX94lTl8uFwrdNzQv+McvHzffe2ViIojEJrq3I/RjD00nFY5vy/jozdl+E/Lpj2fyuJsDiR3F/qMgr2gBnFbEMpOQQtgG32pkmL3XpnpHrcwoyAhTVWghQHscnlhly8oNStTIgAbD3y2WaynkBg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=mit.edu; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mit.edu; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mit.edu header.i=@mit.edu header.b=qOp3zA+2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=18.9.28.11 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=mit.edu Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mit.edu Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mit.edu header.i=@mit.edu header.b="qOp3zA+2" Received: from cwcc.thunk.org (pool-108-26-156-33.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [108.26.156.33]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id 489FVjnr002375 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 9 Sep 2024 11:31:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mit.edu; s=outgoing; t=1725895906; bh=MbU8vviFwnb+J+xNzSgQJCNndanStEfP4JAVpY/o0kU=; h=Date:From:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=qOp3zA+28z8m/HQTDQXz64UZ8oLAKJiCmsdkPvhun8xmKHQiodmnZDs/3RWooPshZ 4Kvb6Wz2rIRX8qtJd4wdLDLnoaIqo+VAC2oLjsWf3sa6ASN8CLwamYAxhmSSkFJLGe WZ6u11e/GU2NXYf1drXJrg1mSR7XqdDjF9SYdxssjQKtfDWmJp184oGVB7NqNoLo8N Xa71WBNT8vZC9u0abtmOPy2DisXa3z8zplnH9qXJdx7XATYSSAMaQ95ZgHHYjxFTaL 8pFrmox1+J9nwIkjoybkR5C8YCWHrUuIeWIQO1lz8VSCklSvlIVZvjO2QXaxmvfBoF Q3dhg57qIwRww== Received: by cwcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id E35FD15C19A9; Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:31:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 11:31:44 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: cve@kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: CVE-2024-43898 is invalid? Message-ID: <20240909153144.GA1510718@mit.edu> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline I believe CVE-2024-43898 regarding "ext4: sanity check for NULL pointer after ext4_force_shutdown" (commit id: 83f4414b8f84) may have been issued in error. ext4_force_shutdown() is called from FS_IOC_SHUTDOWN, which requires root privileges. Cheers, - Ted