GHSA-4J7P-PWP5-4V56
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-28 09:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: validate bg_bits during freefrag scan
[BUG] A crafted filesystem can trigger an out-of-bounds bitmap walk when OCFS2_IOC_INFO is issued with OCFS2_INFO_FL_NON_COHERENT.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in test_bit_le include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h:21 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_chain fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:495 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_bitmap fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:588 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_handle_freefrag fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:662 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_handle_request+0x1c66/0x3370 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:754 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888031bce000 by task syz.0.636/1435 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xbe/0x130 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xd1/0x650 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xfb/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:595 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:186 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x11c/0x200 mm/kasan/generic.c:200 __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/shadow.c:31 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline] _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline] test_bit_le include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h:21 [inline] ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_chain fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:495 [inline] ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_bitmap fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:588 [inline] ocfs2_info_handle_freefrag fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:662 [inline] ocfs2_info_handle_request+0x1c66/0x3370 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:754 ocfs2_info_handle+0x18d/0x2a0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:828 ocfs2_ioctl+0x632/0x6e0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:913 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x197/0x1e0 fs/ioctl.c:583 ...
[CAUSE] ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_chain() uses on-disk bg_bits directly as the bitmap scan limit. The coherent path reads group descriptors through ocfs2_read_group_descriptor(), which validates the descriptor before use. The non-coherent path uses ocfs2_read_blocks_sync() instead and skips that validation, so an impossible bg_bits value can drive the bitmap walk past the end of the block.
[FIX] Compute the bitmap capacity from the filesystem format with ocfs2_group_bitmap_size(), report descriptors whose bg_bits exceeds that limit, and clamp the scan to the computed capacity. This keeps the freefrag report going while avoiding reads beyond the buffer.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53040"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T17:17:15Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: validate bg_bits during freefrag scan\n\n[BUG]\nA crafted filesystem can trigger an out-of-bounds bitmap walk when\nOCFS2_IOC_INFO is issued with OCFS2_INFO_FL_NON_COHERENT.\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in test_bit_le include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h:21 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_chain fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:495 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_bitmap fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:588 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_handle_freefrag fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:662 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_info_handle_request+0x1c66/0x3370 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:754\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888031bce000 by task syz.0.636/1435\nCall Trace:\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0xbe/0x130 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0xd1/0x650 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0xfb/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:186 [inline]\n kasan_check_range+0x11c/0x200 mm/kasan/generic.c:200\n __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/shadow.c:31\n instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]\n _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline]\n test_bit_le include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h:21 [inline]\n ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_chain fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:495 [inline]\n ocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_bitmap fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:588 [inline]\n ocfs2_info_handle_freefrag fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:662 [inline]\n ocfs2_info_handle_request+0x1c66/0x3370 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:754\n ocfs2_info_handle+0x18d/0x2a0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:828\n ocfs2_ioctl+0x632/0x6e0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:913\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x197/0x1e0 fs/ioctl.c:583\n ...\n\n[CAUSE]\nocfs2_info_freefrag_scan_chain() uses on-disk bg_bits directly as the\nbitmap scan limit. The coherent path reads group descriptors through\nocfs2_read_group_descriptor(), which validates the descriptor before\nuse. The non-coherent path uses ocfs2_read_blocks_sync() instead and\nskips that validation, so an impossible bg_bits value can drive the\nbitmap walk past the end of the block.\n\n[FIX]\nCompute the bitmap capacity from the filesystem format with\nocfs2_group_bitmap_size(), report descriptors whose bg_bits exceeds\nthat limit, and clamp the scan to the computed capacity. This keeps the\nfreefrag report going while avoiding reads beyond the buffer.",
"id": "GHSA-4j7p-pwp5-4v56",
"modified": "2026-06-28T09:31:39Z",
"published": "2026-06-24T18:32:44Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53040"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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