CVE-2022-50126
Published: Jun 18, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jbd2: fix assertion 'jh->b_frozen_data == NULL' failure when journal aborted Following process will fail assertion 'jh->b_frozen_data == NULL' in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(): jbd2_journal_commit_transaction unlink(dir/a) jh->b_transaction = trans1 jh->b_jlist = BJ_Metadata journal->j_running_transaction = NULL trans1->t_state = T_COMMIT unlink(dir/b) handle->h_trans = trans2 do_get_write_access jh->b_modified = 0 jh->b_frozen_data = frozen_buffer jh->b_next_transaction = trans2 jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata is_handle_aborted is_journal_aborted // return false --> jbd2 abort <-- while (commit_transaction->t_buffers) if (is_journal_aborted) jbd2_journal_refile_buffer __jbd2_journal_refile_buffer WRITE_ONCE(jh->b_transaction, jh->b_next_transaction) WRITE_ONCE(jh->b_next_transaction, NULL) __jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, BJ_Reserved) J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_frozen_data == NULL) // assertion failure ! The reproducer (See detail in [Link]) reports: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1629! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 2 PID: 584 Comm: unlink Tainted: G W 5.19.0-rc6-00115-g4a57a8400075-dirty #697 RIP: 0010:jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata+0x3c5/0x470 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000be7ce0 EFLAGS: 00010202 Call Trace: <TASK> __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata+0xa0/0x290 ext4_handle_dirty_dirblock+0x10c/0x1d0 ext4_delete_entry+0x104/0x200 __ext4_unlink+0x22b/0x360 ext4_unlink+0x275/0x390 vfs_unlink+0x20b/0x4c0 do_unlinkat+0x42f/0x4c0 __x64_sys_unlink+0x37/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 After journal aborting, __jbd2_journal_refile_buffer() is executed with holding @jh->b_state_lock, we can fix it by moving 'is_handle_aborted()' into the area protected by @jh->b_state_lock.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 470decc613ab2048b619a01028072d932d9086ee - < 0f61c6dc4b714be9d79cf0782ca02ba01c1b7ac3affected 470decc613ab2048b619a01028072d932d9086ee - < 6073389db83b903678a0920554fa19f5bdc51c48affected 470decc613ab2048b619a01028072d932d9086ee - < fa5b65d39332fef7a11ae99cb1f0696012a61527affected 470decc613ab2048b619a01028072d932d9086ee - < f7161d0da975adc234161cd0641d0e484f5ce375affected 470decc613ab2048b619a01028072d932d9086ee - < e62f79827784f56499a50ea2e893c98317b5407b+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.19unaffected 0 - < 2.6.19unaffected 4.14.291 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.256 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.211 - <= 5.4.*+5 more versions |
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