CVE-2023-53526

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53526
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53526.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53526
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-10-01T11:46:11.862Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:33:13.298494Z
Summary
jbd2: check 'jh->b_transaction' before removing it from checkpoint
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jbd2: check 'jh->b_transaction' before removing it from checkpoint

Following process will corrupt ext4 image: Step 1: jbd2journalcommit_transaction _jbd2journalinsertcheckpoint(jh, committransaction) // Put jh into trans1->tcheckpointlist journal->jcheckpointtransactions = committransaction // Put trans1 into journal->jcheckpointtransactions

Step 2: dogetwriteaccess testclearbufferdirty(bh) // clear buffer dirty,set jbd dirty _jbd2journalfilebuffer(jh, transaction) // jh belongs to trans2

Step 3: dropcache journalshrinkonecplist jbd2journaltryremovecheckpoint if (!trylockbuffer(bh)) // lock bh, true if (buffer_dirty(bh)) // buffer is not dirty _jbd2journalremovecheckpoint(jh) // remove jh from trans1->tcheckpointlist

Step 4: jbd2logdocheckpoint trans1 = journal->jcheckpointtransactions // jh is not in trans1->tcheckpointlist jbd2cleanupjournaltail(journal) // trans1 is done

Step 5: Power cut, trans2 is not committed, jh is lost in next mounting.

Fix it by checking 'jh->b_transaction' before remove it from checkpoint.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53526.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b832174b7f89df3ebab02f5b485d00127a0e1a6e
Fixed
ef5fea70e5915afd64182d155e72bfb4f275e1fc
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e5c768d809a85e9efd0274b2efe69d4970cc0014
Fixed
dbafe636db415299e54d9dfefc1003bda9e71c9d
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
46f881b5b1758dc4a35fba4a643c10717d0cf427
Fixed
2298f2589903a8bc03061b54b31fd97985ab6529
Fixed
590a809ff743e7bd890ba5fb36bc38e20a36de53
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
019b59aeb2af6b47d5c8e69c5dc1d731c8df0354

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53526.json"