Threats tagged 'ghsa-75fx-9v9v-4p3x'

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's jbd2 journaling subsystem could cause a kernel crash (BUG_ON) when the file system is corrupted. This occurs due to improper handling of file system inconsistencies, leading to a kernel BUG triggered by jbd2_journal_get_create_access(). The issue arises in scenarios where file system data is inconsistent, such as when a block bitmap is not set correctly, causing block allocation conflicts. The fix replaces the immediate kernel crash with a journaling abort to handle such abnormal conditions more gracefully.