Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix null-ptr-deref when journal load failed. During the mounting process, if journal_reset() fails because of too short journal, then lead to jbd2_journal_load() fails with NULL j_sb_buffer. Subsequently, ocfs2_journal_shutdown() calls jbd2_journal_flush()->jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()-> __jbd2_update_log_tail()->jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail() ->lock_buffer(journal->j_sb_buffer), resulting in a null-pointer dereference error. To resolve this issue, we should check the JBD2_LOADED flag to ensure the journal was properly loaded. Additionally, use journal instead of osb->journal directly to simplify the code.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
16.0%
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 (29)
linux/Kernel
2.6.32 - 4.19.323linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.285linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.168linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.113linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.227linux
linux/Kernel
6.11.0 - 6.11.3linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.55linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.10.14linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.32
Linux/Linux
2.6.32
... and 19 more
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026