CVE-2023-53526

Technical Description

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:

jbd2_journal_commit_transaction

__jbd2_journal_insert_checkpoint(jh, commit_transaction)

// Put jh into trans1->t_checkpoint_list

journal->j_checkpoint_transactions = commit_transaction

// Put trans1 into journal->j_checkpoint_transactions

Step 2:

do_get_write_access

test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh) // clear buffer dirty，set jbd dirty

__jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction) // jh belongs to trans2

Step 3:

drop_cache

journal_shrink_one_cp_list

jbd2_journal_try_remove_checkpoint

if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) // lock bh, true

if (buffer_dirty(bh)) // buffer is not dirty

__jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh)

// remove jh from trans1->t_checkpoint_list

Step 4:

jbd2_log_do_checkpoint

trans1 = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions

// jh is not in trans1->t_checkpoint_list

jbd2_cleanup_j

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References