GHSA-GHQH-9PPG-G8CF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-02 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-12 21:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: update s_journal_inum if it changes after journal replay
When mounting a crafted ext4 image, s_journal_inum may change after journal replay, which is obviously unreasonable because we have successfully loaded and replayed the journal through the old s_journal_inum. And the new s_journal_inum bypasses some of the checks in ext4_get_journal(), which may trigger a null pointer dereference problem. So if s_journal_inum changes after the journal replay, we ignore the change, and rewrite the current journal_inum to the superblock.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-53091"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-02T16:15:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: update s_journal_inum if it changes after journal replay\n\nWhen mounting a crafted ext4 image, s_journal_inum may change after journal\nreplay, which is obviously unreasonable because we have successfully loaded\nand replayed the journal through the old s_journal_inum. And the new\ns_journal_inum bypasses some of the checks in ext4_get_journal(), which\nmay trigger a null pointer dereference problem. So if s_journal_inum\nchanges after the journal replay, we ignore the change, and rewrite the\ncurrent journal_inum to the superblock.",
"id": "GHSA-ghqh-9ppg-g8cf",
"modified": "2025-11-12T21:31:01Z",
"published": "2025-05-02T18:31:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53091"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3039d8b8692408438a618fac2776b629852663c3"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/499fef2030fb754c68b1c7cb3a799a3bc1d0d925"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e66bdeae4d0f7c8e87762f425b68aedd5e8955"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0c5277d4fab920bd31345c49e193ecede9ecef"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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