In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix buffer head management in ocfs2_read_blocks()
In ocfs2_read_blocks(), caller should't assume that buffer head returned
by 'sb_getblk()' is exclusively owned and so 'put_bh()' always drops
b_count from 1 to 0. If it is not so, buffer head remains on hold and
likely to be returned by the next call to 'sb_getblk()' unchanged - that
is, with BH_Uptodate bit set even if it has failed validation previously,
thus allowing to insert that buffer head into OCFS2 metadata cache and
submit it to upper layers. To avoid such a scenario, BH_Uptodate should
be cleared immediately after 'validate()' callback has detected some data
inconsistency.
ocfs2: fix buffer head management in ocfs2_read_blocks()
In ocfs2_read_blocks(), caller should't assume that buffer head returned
by 'sb_getblk()' is exclusively owned and so 'put_bh()' always drops
b_count from 1 to 0. If it is not so, buffer head remains on hold and
likely to be returned by the next call to 'sb_getblk()' unchanged - that
is, with BH_Uptodate bit set even if it has failed validation previously,
thus allowing to insert that buffer head into OCFS2 metadata cache and
submit it to upper layers. To avoid such a scenario, BH_Uptodate should
be cleared immediately after 'validate()' callback has detected some data
inconsistency.
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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-665 CWE-775 |
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix buffer head management in ocfs2_read_blocks() In ocfs2_read_blocks(), caller should't assume that buffer head returned by 'sb_getblk()' is exclusively owned and so 'put_bh()' always drops b_count from 1 to 0. If it is not so, buffer head remains on hold and likely to be returned by the next call to 'sb_getblk()' unchanged - that is, with BH_Uptodate bit set even if it has failed validation previously, thus allowing to insert that buffer head into OCFS2 metadata cache and submit it to upper layers. To avoid such a scenario, BH_Uptodate should be cleared immediately after 'validate()' callback has detected some data inconsistency. | |
| Title | ocfs2: fix buffer head management in ocfs2_read_blocks() | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-04T16:49:11.758Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.799Z
Link: CVE-2026-80881
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-04T17:17:00.390
Modified: 2026-09-04T17:17:00.390
Link: CVE-2026-80881
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Updated: 2026-09-04T21:15:05Z