FKIE_CVE-2025-68168
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-16 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:58
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jfs: fix uninitialized waitqueue in transaction manager
The transaction manager initialization in txInit() was not properly
initializing TxBlock[0].waitor waitqueue, causing a crash when
txEnd(0) is called on read-only filesystems.
When a filesystem is mounted read-only, txBegin() returns tid=0 to
indicate no transaction. However, txEnd(0) still gets called and
tries to access TxBlock[0].waitor via tid_to_tblock(0), but this
waitqueue was never initialized because the initialization loop
started at index 1 instead of 0.
This causes a 'non-static key' lockdep warning and system crash:
INFO: trying to register non-static key in txEnd
Fix by ensuring all transaction blocks including TxBlock[0] have
their waitqueues properly initialized during txInit().
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njfs: fix uninitialized waitqueue in transaction manager\n\nThe transaction manager initialization in txInit() was not properly\ninitializing TxBlock[0].waitor waitqueue, causing a crash when\ntxEnd(0) is called on read-only filesystems.\n\nWhen a filesystem is mounted read-only, txBegin() returns tid=0 to\nindicate no transaction. However, txEnd(0) still gets called and\ntries to access TxBlock[0].waitor via tid_to_tblock(0), but this\nwaitqueue was never initialized because the initialization loop\nstarted at index 1 instead of 0.\n\nThis causes a \u0027non-static key\u0027 lockdep warning and system crash:\n INFO: trying to register non-static key in txEnd\n\nFix by ensuring all transaction blocks including TxBlock[0] have\ntheir waitqueues properly initialized during txInit()."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2025-68168",
"lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:58:40.360",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2025-12-16T14:15:48.647",
"references": [
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},
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}
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}
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