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.
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0000
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| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T13:55:42.957Z
Reserved: 2024-05-22T06:20:56.201Z
Link: CVE-2021-47493
Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.750Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-22T09:15:11.100
Modified: 2025-09-24T19:11:04.460
Link: CVE-2021-47493
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Updated: 2025-07-13T11:14:44Z