Bug 2282420 (CVE-2021-47340)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47340 kernel: jfs: fix GPF in diFree
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mbenatto, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 4.4.276, kernel 4.9.276, kernel 4.14.240, kernel 4.19.198, kernel 5.4.133, kernel 5.10.51, kernel 5.12.18, kernel 5.13.3, kernel 5.14	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's JFS, where the diFree function could access an invalid pointer. This occurs if a certain inode structure has a null pointer, potentially leading to system crashes or unexpected behavior when the kernel tries to manage file system metadata.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2282499

Description ybuenos 2024-05-22 11:29:34 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jfs: fix GPF in diFree

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47340 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052137-CVE-2021-47340-059b@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Alex 2024-06-09 14:04:51 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47340 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown	 (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).