ghsa-7pj6-rq69-3m65
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-10-21 18:30
Modified
2025-11-04 00:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-49957"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-10-21T18:15:16Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix null-ptr-deref when journal load failed.\n\nDuring the mounting process, if journal_reset() fails because of too short\njournal, then lead to jbd2_journal_load() fails with NULL j_sb_buffer. \nSubsequently, ocfs2_journal_shutdown() calls\njbd2_journal_flush()-\u003ejbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()-\u003e\n__jbd2_update_log_tail()-\u003ejbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail()\n-\u003elock_buffer(journal-\u003ej_sb_buffer), resulting in a null-pointer\ndereference error.\n\nTo resolve this issue, we should check the JBD2_LOADED flag to ensure the\njournal was properly loaded.  Additionally, use journal instead of\nosb-\u003ejournal directly to simplify the code.",
  "id": "GHSA-7pj6-rq69-3m65",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:43Z",
  "published": "2024-10-21T18:30:58Z",
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    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}


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