In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jbd2: fix data-race and null-ptr-deref in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata()
Since handle->h_transaction may be a NULL pointer, so we should change it to call is_handle_aborted(handle) first before dereferencing it.
And the following data-race was reported in my fuzzer:
================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata / jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata
write to 0xffff888011024104 of 4 bytes by task 10881 on cpu 1: jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata+0x2a5/0x770 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1556 __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata+0xe7/0x4b0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:358 ext4_do_update_inode fs/ext4/inode.c:5220 [inline] ext4_mark_iloc_dirty+0x32c/0xd50 fs/ext4/inode.c:5869 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0xe1/0x450 fs/ext4/inode.c:6074 ext4_dirty_inode+0x98/0xc0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6103 ....
read to 0xffff888011024104 of 4 bytes by task 10880 on cpu 0: jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata+0xf2/0x770 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1512 __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata+0xe7/0x4b0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:358 ext4_do_update_inode fs/ext4/inode.c:5220 [inline] ext4_mark_iloc_dirty+0x32c/0xd50 fs/ext4/inode.c:5869 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0xe1/0x450 fs/ext4/inode.c:6074 ext4_dirty_inode+0x98/0xc0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6103 ....
value changed: 0x00000000 -> 0x00000001 ==================================================================
This issue is caused by missing data-race annotation for jh->b_modified. Therefore, the missing annotation needs to be added.
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.239-236.958Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.186-128.192Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.35-55.103Upgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.144-170.251Upgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-debuginfo | Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perf | Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade python3-perf | Oct 14, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftool | Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel | Oct 24, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Sep 10, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 14, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
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| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 3, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
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