Bug 2492461 (CVE-2026-53039)

Summary: CVE-2026-53039 kernel: ocfs2: validate group add input before caching
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A flaw was found in the OCFS2 (Oracle Cluster File System 2) component of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit an input validation vulnerability in the `OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD` ioctl. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a kernel panic, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:13:20 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-25 08:00:16 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062456-CVE-2026-53039-a3ac@gregkh/T