CVE-2022-50126

jbd2: fix assertion 'jh->b_frozen_data == NULL' failure when journal aborted

published June 18, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
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Percentile
8.6
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Unconfirmed
What it is

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

jbd2: fix assertion 'jh->b_frozen_data == NULL' failure when journal aborted

Following process will fail assertion 'jh->b_frozen_data == NULL' in

jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata():

jbd2_journal_commit_transaction

unlink(dir/a)

jh->b_transaction = trans1

jh->b_jlist = BJ_Metadata

journal->j_running_transaction = NULL

trans1->t_state = T_COMMIT

unlink(dir/b)

handle->h_trans = trans2

do_get_write_access

jh->b_modified = 0

jh->b_frozen_data = frozen_buffer

jh->b_next_transaction = trans2

jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata

is_handle_aborted

is_journal_aborted // return false

--> jbd2 abort <--

while (commit_transaction->t_buffers)

if (is_journal_aborted)

jbd2_journal_refile_buffer

__jbd2_journal_refile_buffer

WRITE_ONCE(jh->b_transaction,

jh->b_next_transaction)

WRITE_ONCE(jh->b_next_transaction, NULL)

__jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, BJ_Reserved)

J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_frozen_data == NULL) // assertion failure !

The reproducer (See detail in [Link]) reports:

------------[ cut here ]------------

kernel BUG at fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1629!

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP

CPU: 2 PID: 584 Comm: unlink Tainted: G W

5.19.0-rc6-00115-g4a57a8400075-dirty #697

RIP: 0010:jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata+0x3c5/0x470

RSP: 0018:ffffc90000be7ce0 EFLAGS: 00010202

Call Trace:

<TASK>

__ext4_handle_dirty_metadata+0xa0/0x290

ext4_handle_dirty_dirblock+0x10c/0x1d0

ext4_delete_entry+0x104/0x200

__ext4_unlink+0x22b/0x360

ext4_unlink+0x275/0x390

vfs_unlink+0x20b/0x4c0

do_unlinkat+0x42f/0x4c0

__x64_sys_unlink+0x37/0x50

do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80

After journal aborting, __jbd2_journal_refile_buffer() is executed with

holding @jh->b_state_lock, we can fix it by moving 'is_handle_aborted()'

into the area protected by @jh->b_state_lock.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
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CVSS v4.0
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EPSS
0.00194 · 8.6th percentile
Published
2025-06-18T11:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUN 11:02Z
    jbd2: fix assertion 'jh->b_frozen_data == NULL' failure when journal aborted
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