CVE-2026-53039

ocfs2: validate group add input before caching

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:29 PM UTC
Updated: July 14, 2026 at 07:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: validate group add input before caching [BUG] OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD can trigger a BUG_ON in ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(): kernel BUG at fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c:509! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate+0x194/0x1e0 fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c:509 Code: ffffe88f 42b9fe4c 89e64889 dfe8b4df Call Trace: ocfs2_group_add+0x3f1/0x1510 fs/ocfs2/resize.c:507 ocfs2_ioctl+0x309/0x6e0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:887 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x197/0x1e0 fs/ioctl.c:583 x64_sys_call+0x1144/0x26a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x93/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7bbfb55a966d [CAUSE] ocfs2_group_add() calls ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate() on a user-controlled group block before ocfs2_verify_group_and_input() validates that block number. That helper is only valid for newly allocated metadata and asserts that the block is not already present in the chosen metadata cache. The code also uses INODE_CACHE(inode) even though the group descriptor belongs to main_bm_inode and later journal accesses use that cache context instead. [FIX] Validate the on-disk group descriptor before caching it, then add it to the metadata cache tracked by INODE_CACHE(main_bm_inode). Keep the validation failure path separate from the later cleanup path so we only remove the buffer from that cache after it has actually been inserted. This keeps the group buffer lifetime consistent across validation, journaling, and cleanup.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.25 ≤ v < 5.10.2582.6.25 ≤ v < 5.15.2092.6.25 ≤ v < 6.1.1752.6.25 ≤ v < 6.12.912.6.25 ≤ v < 6.18.332.6.25 ≤ v < 6.6.1412.6.25 ≤ v < 7.0.102.6.25 ≤ v < 7.15.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2095.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1756.13 ≤ v < 6.18.336.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1416.7 ≤ v < 6.12.912.6.257909f2bf835376a20d6dbf853eb459a27566eba2
Vendor states this is fixed in 22544ddedf381ed5191cfc783aea8d6c936bc201 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c5e70409c1961fe1278968f038eaaed6cc1145a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 70b672833f4025341c11b22c7f83778a5cd611bc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 76bd722db0a92b84ccd99e03796a0b6f1ae71c31 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aed87e866d1a321edb9703563c2faa8fec89835d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b9ae3942deec4c9e3fa2070521f90910f7490011 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e7c2cb552e6eb85c0f5aefdd7f0f7c3c8591a6a3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f7e139d7563f6947ad509fb468903941d0bb7ddd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.25 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.258 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.209 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.175 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.141 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-617

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