CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72163

Low risk· EPSS 12%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the OCFS2 filesystem has a bug in ocfs2_assure_trans_credits that can lead to a NULL pointer dereference when the journal aborts during DIO operations. The function does not check if the transaction handle is aborted before reading remaining credits.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to kernel panic and system crash, potentially resulting in service unavailability and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply the patch that adds an abort check in ocfs2_assure_trans_credits and returns -EROFS, and update the kernel to a version with the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix NULL h_transaction deref in ocfs2_assure_trans_credits [BUG] A direct write over unwritten extents can panic the kernel in ocfs2_assure_trans_credits() when the journal aborts during DIO completion. The crash is a general protection fault from a NULL pointer dereference. [CAUSE] ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() loops over a direct write's unwritten extents, marking each written under a single journal handle. If the journal aborts (for example after an I/O error) while the extent tree is being updated, the handle is left aborted with its transaction pointer cleared. The extent merge treats that failure as not critical and reports success, so the loop keeps using the handle. ocfs2_assure_trans_credits() reads the handle's remaining credits without first checking whether the handle is aborted, and that read dereferences the cleared transaction pointer. [FIX] A journal abort is recorded in the handle itself, so callers are expected to test the handle rather than rely on a returned error. Make ocfs2_assure_trans_credits() do that, as the other ocfs2 journal helpers already do, and return -EROFS when the handle is aborted.

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