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FKIE_CVE-2026-72161

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: add journal NULL check in ocfs2_checkpoint_inode() During unmount, ocfs2_journal_shutdown() frees the journal and sets osb->journal to NULL. Later, when VFS evicts remaining cached inodes, ocfs2_evict_inode() -> ocfs2_clear_inode() -> ocfs2_checkpoint_inode() -> ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed() dereferences osb->journal, causing a NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by adding a NULL check for osb->journal in ocfs2_checkpoint_inode(). If the journal is NULL, it has already been fully flushed and destroyed during shutdown, so there is nothing to checkpoint.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24daf13422e8328fd588c34a017bdef1949910e8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/499714de42ab4d2e778cbb10186684142a1222eb
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63921f790234b221e4b15c56c72888b13250f81d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da7e4ac21895fe34cceffcfc99497cc2750da99
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a291c77c034b7a81849ce9b71cc9ecda9e587d89
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb6a13834c23e291f1170cb1b489ec255edfa5a3
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: add journal NULL check in ocfs2_checkpoint_inode()\n\nDuring unmount, ocfs2_journal_shutdown() frees the journal and sets\nosb-\u003ejournal to NULL. Later, when VFS evicts remaining cached inodes,\nocfs2_evict_inode() -\u003e ocfs2_clear_inode() -\u003e ocfs2_checkpoint_inode()\n-\u003e ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed() dereferences osb-\u003ejournal, causing a\nNULL pointer dereference.\n\nFix this by adding a NULL check for osb-\u003ejournal in\nocfs2_checkpoint_inode(). If the journal is NULL, it has already been\nfully flushed and destroyed during shutdown, so there is nothing to\ncheckpoint."
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:16.387",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:33.983",
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