CVE-2024-49957
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix null-ptr-deref when journal load failed.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 2.6.32 before 5.10.227 from 5.11 before 5.15.168 from 5.16 before 6.1.113 from 6.2 before 6.6.55 from 6.7 before 6.10.14 from 6.11 before 6.11.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/387bf565cc03e2e8c720b8b4798efea4aacb6962
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5784d9fcfd43bd853654bb80c87ef293b9e8e80a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/703b2c7e0798d263154dc8593dc2345f75dc077f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82dfdd1e31e774578f76ce6dc90c834f96403a0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a89e75e9e4dfa768b97db466ad6bedf2e7ea5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf605ae98dab5c15c5b631d4d7f88898cb41b649
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f60e94a83db799bde625ac8671a5b4a6354e7120
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd89d92c1140cee8f59de336cb37fa65e359c123
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff55291fb36779819211b596da703389135f5b05
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html