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

ocfs2: fix race between searching chunks and release journal_head from buffer_head

Encountered a race between ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable() and
jbd2_journal_put_journal_head() resulting in the below vmcore.

PID: 106879 TASK: ffff880244ba9c00 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "loop3"
Call trace:
panic
oops_end
no_context
__bad_area_nosemaphore
bad_area_nosemaphore
__do_page_fault
do_page_fault
page_fault
[exception RIP: ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits+316]
ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits [ocfs2]
ocfs2_cluster_group_search [ocfs2]
ocfs2_search_chain [ocfs2]
ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits [ocfs2]
__ocfs2_claim_clusters [ocfs2]
ocfs2_claim_clusters [ocfs2]
ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window [ocfs2]
ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits [ocfs2]
ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit [ocfs2]
ocfs2_reserve_clusters [ocfs2]
ocfs2_lock_refcount_allocators [ocfs2]
ocfs2_make_clusters_writable [ocfs2]
ocfs2_replace_cow [ocfs2]
ocfs2_refcount_cow [ocfs2]
ocfs2_file_write_iter [ocfs2]
lo_rw_aio
loop_queue_work
kthread_worker_fn
kthread
ret_from_fork

When ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable() called bh2jh(bg_bh), the
bg_bh->b_private NULL as jbd2_journal_put_journal_head() raced and
released the jounal head from the buffer head. Needed to take bit lock
for the bit 'BH_JournalHead' to fix this race.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:12:14.085Z

Reserved: 2024-05-22T06:20:56.201Z

Link: CVE-2021-47493

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.750Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-22T09:15:11.100

Modified: 2025-09-24T19:11:04.460

Link: CVE-2021-47493

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47493 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:14:44Z