CVE-2024-40951

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.6-6.6.35, 6.7-6.9.6 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ocfs2_abort_trigger()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_abort_trigger() bdev->bd_super has been removed and commit 8887b94d9322 change the usage from bdev->bd_super to b_assoc_map->host->i_sb. Since ocfs2 hasn't set bh->b_assoc_map, it will trigger NULL pointer dereference when calling into ocfs2_abort_trigger(). Actually this was pointed out in history, see commit 74e364ad1b13. But I've made a mistake when reviewing commit 8887b94d9322 and then re-introduce this regression. Since we cannot revive bdev in buffer head, so fix this issue by initializing all types of ocfs2 triggers when fill super, and then get the specific ocfs2 trigger from ocfs2_caching_info when access journal. [[email protected]: v2]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.6.0 - 6.6.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.6.36 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.9.7 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux 8887b94d93224e0ef7e1bc6369640e313b8b12f4 - 67bcecd780609f471260a8c83fb0ae15f27734ce
Linux/Linux 8887b94d93224e0ef7e1bc6369640e313b8b12f4 - 685d03c3795378fca6a1b3d43581f7f1a3fc095f
Linux/Linux 8887b94d93224e0ef7e1bc6369640e313b8b12f4 - eb63357ef229fae061ce7ce2839d558681c42f1a
... and 2 more
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026