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:
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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.
Publication date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:02:00 +0000