{"cve":"CVE-2024-40943","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:16.670","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:07.817","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix races between hole punching and AIO+DIO\n\nAfter commit \"ocfs2: return real error code in ocfs2_dio_wr_get_block\",\nfstests/generic/300 become from always failed to sometimes failed:\n\n========================================================================\n[  473.293420 ] run fstests generic/300\n\n[  475.296983 ] JBD2: Ignoring recovery information on journal\n[  475.302473 ] ocfs2: Mounting device (253,1) on (node local, slot 0) with ordered data mode.\n[  494.290998 ] OCFS2: ERROR (device dm-1): ocfs2_change_extent_flag: Owner 5668 has an extent at cpos 78723 which can no longer be found\n[  494.291609 ] On-disk corruption discovered. Please run fsck.ocfs2 once the filesystem is unmounted.\n[  494.292018 ] OCFS2: File system is now read-only.\n[  494.292224 ] (kworker/19:11,2628,19):ocfs2_mark_extent_written:5272 ERROR: status = -30\n[  494.292602 ] (kworker/19:11,2628,19):ocfs2_dio_end_io_write:2374 ERROR: status = -3\nfio: io_u error on file /mnt/scratch/racer: Read-only file system: write offset=460849152, buflen=131072\n=========================================================================\n\nIn __blockdev_direct_IO, ocfs2_dio_wr_get_block is called to add unwritten\nextents to a list.  extents are also inserted into extent tree in\nocfs2_write_begin_nolock.  Then another thread call fallocate to puch a\nhole at one of the unwritten extent.  The extent at cpos was removed by\nocfs2_remove_extent().  At end io worker thread, ocfs2_search_extent_list\nfound there is no such extent at the cpos.\n\n    T1                        T2                T3\n                              inode lock\n                                ...\n                                insert extents\n                                ...\n                              inode unlock\nocfs2_fallocate\n __ocfs2_change_file_space\n  inode lock\n  lock ip_alloc_sem\n  ocfs2_remove_inode_range inode\n   ocfs2_remove_btree_range\n    ocfs2_remove_extent\n    ^---remove the extent at cpos 78723\n  ...\n  unlock ip_alloc_sem\n  inode unlock\n                                       ocfs2_dio_end_io\n                                        ocfs2_dio_end_io_write\n                                         lock ip_alloc_sem\n                                         ocfs2_mark_extent_written\n                                          ocfs2_change_extent_flag\n                                           ocfs2_search_extent_list\n                                           ^---failed to find extent\n                                          ...\n                                          unlock ip_alloc_sem\n\nIn most filesystems, fallocate is not compatible with racing with AIO+DIO,\nso fix it by adding to wait for all dio before fallocate/punch_hole like\next4.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/050ce8af6838c71e872e982b50d3f1bec21da40e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/117b9c009b72a6c2ebfd23484354dfee2d9570d2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38825ff9da91d2854dcf6d9ac320a7e641e10f25","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c26b5d21b1239e9c7fd31ba7d9b2d7bdbaa68d9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c361f313d696df72f9bccf058510e9ec737b9b1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40943","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09526,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}