CVE-2024-44938

jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG

published August 26, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG

When searching for the next smaller log2 block, BLKSTOL2() returned 0,

causing shift exponent -1 to be negative.

This patch fixes the issue by exiting the loop directly when negative

shift is found.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00224 · 12.3th percentile
Published
2024-08-26T11:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 AUG 11:20Z
    jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG
    cvelistv5