ghsa-v852-w8jm-hg43
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount
syzbot found an invalid-free in diUnmount:
BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3661 [inline] BUG: KASAN: double-free in __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3674 Free of addr ffff88806f410000 by task syz-executor131/3632
CPU: 0 PID: 3632 Comm: syz-executor131 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-syzkaller-00012-gca57f02295f1 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description+0x74/0x340 mm/kasan/report.c:284 print_report+0x107/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:395 kasan_report_invalid_free+0xac/0xd0 mm/kasan/report.c:460 _kasanslab_free+0xfb/0x120 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1724 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x12e/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1750 slab_free mm/slub.c:3661 [inline] kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3674 diUnmount+0xef/0x100 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:195 jfs_umount+0x108/0x370 fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c:63 jfs_put_super+0x86/0x190 fs/jfs/super.c:194 generic_shutdown_super+0x130/0x310 fs/super.c:492 kill_block_super+0x79/0xd0 fs/super.c:1428 deactivate_locked_super+0xa7/0xf0 fs/super.c:332 cleanup_mnt+0x494/0x520 fs/namespace.c:1186 task_work_run+0x243/0x300 kernel/task_work.c:179 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline] do_exit+0x664/0x2070 kernel/exit.c:820 do_group_exit+0x1fd/0x2b0 kernel/exit.c:950 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:961 [inline] __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:959 [inline] __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:959 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [...]
JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap is not setting to NULL after free in diUnmount. If jfs_remount() free JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap but then failed at diMount(). JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap will be freed once again. Fix this problem by setting JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap to NULL after free.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-53616"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-04T16:15:58Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)-\u003ei_imap in diUnmount\n\nsyzbot found an invalid-free in diUnmount:\n\nBUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3661 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: double-free in __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3674\nFree of addr ffff88806f410000 by task syz-executor131/3632\n\n CPU: 0 PID: 3632 Comm: syz-executor131 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-syzkaller-00012-gca57f02295f1 #0\n Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106\n print_address_description+0x74/0x340 mm/kasan/report.c:284\n print_report+0x107/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:395\n kasan_report_invalid_free+0xac/0xd0 mm/kasan/report.c:460\n ____kasan_slab_free+0xfb/0x120\n kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]\n slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1724 [inline]\n slab_free_freelist_hook+0x12e/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1750\n slab_free mm/slub.c:3661 [inline]\n __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3674\n diUnmount+0xef/0x100 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:195\n jfs_umount+0x108/0x370 fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c:63\n jfs_put_super+0x86/0x190 fs/jfs/super.c:194\n generic_shutdown_super+0x130/0x310 fs/super.c:492\n kill_block_super+0x79/0xd0 fs/super.c:1428\n deactivate_locked_super+0xa7/0xf0 fs/super.c:332\n cleanup_mnt+0x494/0x520 fs/namespace.c:1186\n task_work_run+0x243/0x300 kernel/task_work.c:179\n exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]\n do_exit+0x664/0x2070 kernel/exit.c:820\n do_group_exit+0x1fd/0x2b0 kernel/exit.c:950\n __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:961 [inline]\n __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:959 [inline]\n __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:959\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n[...]\n\nJFS_IP(ipimap)-\u003ei_imap is not setting to NULL after free in diUnmount.\nIf jfs_remount() free JFS_IP(ipimap)-\u003ei_imap but then failed at diMount().\nJFS_IP(ipimap)-\u003ei_imap will be freed once again.\nFix this problem by setting JFS_IP(ipimap)-\u003ei_imap to NULL after free.",
"id": "GHSA-v852-w8jm-hg43",
"modified": "2025-10-04T18:31:16Z",
"published": "2025-10-04T18:31:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53616"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114ea3cb13ab25f7178cb60283adb93d2f96dad7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4de3a603010e0ca334487de24c6aab0777b7f808"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5873df0195124be2f357de11bfd473ead4f90ed8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2bda2c192d0244b5a78b787ef20aa10cb319b7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/756747d4b439e3e1159282ae89f17eefebbe9b25"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88484bde6f12126616b38e43b6c00edcd941f615"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3c0f0ddd851b3fa3e9d3450bbcd561f4f850469"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef7311101ca43dd73b45bca7a30ac72d9535ff87"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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