GHSA-GR8J-3PFP-WWR2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-22 09:31 – Updated: 2025-09-24 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix race between searching chunks and release journal_head from buffer_head
Encountered a race between ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable() and jbd2_journal_put_journal_head() resulting in the below vmcore.
PID: 106879 TASK: ffff880244ba9c00 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "loop3" Call trace: panic oops_end no_context __bad_area_nosemaphore bad_area_nosemaphore __do_page_fault do_page_fault page_fault [exception RIP: ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits+316] ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits [ocfs2] ocfs2_cluster_group_search [ocfs2] ocfs2_search_chain [ocfs2] ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits [ocfs2] __ocfs2_claim_clusters [ocfs2] ocfs2_claim_clusters [ocfs2] ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window [ocfs2] ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits [ocfs2] ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit [ocfs2] ocfs2_reserve_clusters [ocfs2] ocfs2_lock_refcount_allocators [ocfs2] ocfs2_make_clusters_writable [ocfs2] ocfs2_replace_cow [ocfs2] ocfs2_refcount_cow [ocfs2] ocfs2_file_write_iter [ocfs2] lo_rw_aio loop_queue_work kthread_worker_fn kthread ret_from_fork
When ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable() called bh2jh(bg_bh), the bg_bh->b_private NULL as jbd2_journal_put_journal_head() raced and released the jounal head from the buffer head. Needed to take bit lock for the bit 'BH_JournalHead' to fix this race.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-47493"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-362"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-22T09:15:11Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix race between searching chunks and release journal_head from buffer_head\n\nEncountered a race between ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable() and\njbd2_journal_put_journal_head() resulting in the below vmcore.\n\n PID: 106879 TASK: ffff880244ba9c00 CPU: 2 COMMAND: \"loop3\"\n Call trace:\n panic\n oops_end\n no_context\n __bad_area_nosemaphore\n bad_area_nosemaphore\n __do_page_fault\n do_page_fault\n page_fault\n [exception RIP: ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits+316]\n ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_cluster_group_search [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_search_chain [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits [ocfs2]\n __ocfs2_claim_clusters [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_claim_clusters [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_reserve_clusters [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_lock_refcount_allocators [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_make_clusters_writable [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_replace_cow [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_refcount_cow [ocfs2]\n ocfs2_file_write_iter [ocfs2]\n lo_rw_aio\n loop_queue_work\n kthread_worker_fn\n kthread\n ret_from_fork\n\nWhen ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable() called bh2jh(bg_bh), the\nbg_bh-\u003eb_private NULL as jbd2_journal_put_journal_head() raced and\nreleased the jounal head from the buffer head. Needed to take bit lock\nfor the bit \u0027BH_JournalHead\u0027 to fix this race.",
"id": "GHSA-gr8j-3pfp-wwr2",
"modified": "2025-09-24T21:30:30Z",
"published": "2024-05-22T09:31:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47493"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e382600e8856ea654677b5134ee66e03ea72bc2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5043fbd294f5909a080ade0f04b70a4da9e122b7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1b228529ae49b0f85ab89bcdb6c365df401558"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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