GHSA-XWJC-Q49F-3X92
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32In 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.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-72161"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:21:33Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "GHSA-xwjc-q49f-3x92",
"modified": "2026-08-15T06:32:14Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:14Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72161"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24daf13422e8328fd588c34a017bdef1949910e8"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63921f790234b221e4b15c56c72888b13250f81d"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da7e4ac21895fe34cceffcfc99497cc2750da99"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a291c77c034b7a81849ce9b71cc9ecda9e587d89"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb6a13834c23e291f1170cb1b489ec255edfa5a3"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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