jfs: fix null ptr deref in dtInsertEntry
[syzbot reported]
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 0 PID: 5061 Comm: syz-executor404 Not tainted 6.8.0-syzkaller-08951-gfe46a7dd189e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024
RIP: 0010:dtInsertEntry+0xd0c/0x1780 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:3713
...
[Analyze]
In dtInsertEntry(), when the pointer h has the same value as p, after writing
name in UniStrncpy_to_le(), p->header.flag will be cleared. This will cause the
previously true judgment "p->header.flag & BT-LEAF" to change to no after writing
the name operation, this leads to entering an incorrect branch and accessing the
uninitialized object ih when judging this condition for the second time.
[Fix]
After got the page, check freelist first, if freelist == 0 then exit dtInsert()
and return -EINVAL.
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DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
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DSA-5782-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7155-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7156-1 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7774-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-7774-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7775-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7775-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7774-4 | Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7774-5 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix null ptr deref in dtInsertEntry [syzbot reported] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 0 PID: 5061 Comm: syz-executor404 Not tainted 6.8.0-syzkaller-08951-gfe46a7dd189e #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024 RIP: 0010:dtInsertEntry+0xd0c/0x1780 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:3713 ... [Analyze] In dtInsertEntry(), when the pointer h has the same value as p, after writing name in UniStrncpy_to_le(), p->header.flag will be cleared. This will cause the previously true judgment "p->header.flag & BT-LEAF" to change to no after writing the name operation, this leads to entering an incorrect branch and accessing the uninitialized object ih when judging this condition for the second time. [Fix] After got the page, check freelist first, if freelist == 0 then exit dtInsert() and return -EINVAL. | |
| Title | jfs: fix null ptr deref in dtInsertEntry | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:32:23.854Z
Reserved: 2024-08-21T05:34:56.664Z
Link: CVE-2024-44939
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:13:44.114Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-08-26T12:15:06.007
Modified: 2025-11-03T23:15:43.120
Link: CVE-2024-44939
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