Bug 2320473 (CVE-2024-49965)

Summary:	CVE-2024-49965 kernel: ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 19:04:21 UTC

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

ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks

Patch series "Misc fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks", v5.

This series contains 2 fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks().  The first patch fix
the issue reported by syzbot, which detects bad unlock balance in
ocfs2_read_blocks().  The second patch fixes an issue reported by Heming
Zhao when reviewing above fix.


This patch (of 2):

There was a lock release before exiting, so remove the unreasonable unlock.

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-10-21 22:15:52 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102132-CVE-2024-49965-9ed0@gregkh/T