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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-26773" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-04-03T17:00:59.757Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T00:38:30.960Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:07.518Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-26773" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-26773.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26773" title: "ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found()\n\nDetermine if the group block bitmap is corrupted before using ac_b_ex in\next4_mb_try_best_found() to avoid allocating blocks from a group with a\ncorrupted block bitmap in the following concurrency and making the\nsituation worse.\n\next4_mb_regular_allocator\n ext4_lock_group(sb, group)\n ext4_mb_good_group\n // check if the group bbitmap is corrupted\n ext4_mb_complex_scan_group\n // Scan group gets ac_b_ex but doesn't use it\n ext4_unlock_group(sb, group)\n ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(group)\n // The block bitmap was corrupted during\n // the group unlock gap.\n ext4_mb_try_best_found\n ext4_lock_group(ac-\u003eac_sb, group)\n ext4_mb_use_best_found\n mb_mark_used\n // Allocating blocks in block bitmap corrupted group" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"21f8cfe79f776287459343e9cfa6055af61328ea"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"260fc96283c0f594de18a1b045faf6d8fb42874d"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"927794a02169778c9c2e7b25c768ab3ea8c1dc03"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4c21fa60a6f4606f6214a38f50612b17b2f738f5"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f97e75fa4e12b0aa0224e83fcbda8853ac2adf36"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0184747b552d6b5a14db3b7fcc3b792ce64dedd1"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a2576ae9a35c078e488f2c573e9e6821d651fbbe"},{"version":"163a203ddb36c36d4a1c942aececda0cc8d06aa7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4530b3660d396a646aad91a787b6ab37cf604b53"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.12"},{"version":"4.19.308","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.270","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.211","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.150","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.80","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.7.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.7.*"},{"version":"6.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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