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CVE-2025-40233

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

ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents

The extent map cache can become stale when extents are moved or defragmented, causing subsequent operations to see outdated extent flags. This triggers a BUG_ON in ocfs2_refcount_cal_cow_clusters().

The problem occurs when:

  1. copy_file_range() creates a reflinked extent with OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED
  2. ioctl(FITRIM) triggers ocfs2_move_extents()
  3. __ocfs2_move_extents_range() reads and caches the extent (flags=0x2)
  4. ocfs2_move_extent()/ocfs2_defrag_extent() calls __ocfs2_move_extent() which clears OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED flag on disk (flags=0x0)
  5. The extent map cache is not invalidated after the move
  6. Later write() operations read stale cached flags (0x2) but disk has updated flags (0x0), causing a mismatch
  7. BUG_ON(!(rec->e_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)) triggers

Fix by clearing the extent map cache after each extent move/defrag operation in __ocfs2_move_extents_range(). This ensures subsequent operations read fresh extent data from disk.

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