CVE-2023-53526

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53526
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53526.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53526
Downstream
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Related
Published
2025-10-01T11:46:11Z
Modified
2026-10-20T10:30:54Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
jbd2: check 'jh->b_transaction' before removing it from checkpoint
Details

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

jbd2: check 'jh->b_transaction' before removing it from checkpoint

Following process will corrupt ext4 image: Step 1: jbd2_journal_commit_transaction __jbd2_journal_insert_checkpoint(jh, commit_transaction) // Put jh into trans1->t_checkpoint_list journal->j_checkpoint_transactions = commit_transaction // Put trans1 into journal->j_checkpoint_transactions

Step 2: do_get_write_access test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh) // clear buffer dirty,set jbd dirty __jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction) // jh belongs to trans2

Step 3: drop_cache journal_shrink_one_cp_list jbd2_journal_try_remove_checkpoint if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) // lock bh, true if (buffer_dirty(bh)) // buffer is not dirty __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh) // remove jh from trans1->t_checkpoint_list

Step 4: jbd2_log_do_checkpoint trans1 = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions // jh is not in trans1->t_checkpoint_list jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal) // trans1 is done

Step 5: Power cut, trans2 is not committed, jh is lost in next mounting.

Fix it by checking 'jh->b_transaction' before remove it from checkpoint.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53526.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b832174b7f89df3ebab02f5b485d00127a0e1a6e
Fixed
ef5fea70e5915afd64182d155e72bfb4f275e1fc
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e5c768d809a85e9efd0274b2efe69d4970cc0014
Fixed
dbafe636db415299e54d9dfefc1003bda9e71c9d
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
46f881b5b1758dc4a35fba4a643c10717d0cf427
Fixed
2298f2589903a8bc03061b54b31fd97985ab6529
Fixed
590a809ff743e7bd890ba5fb36bc38e20a36de53
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.15.129
Fixed
5.15.132
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.1.50
Fixed
6.1.54
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.4.13
Fixed
6.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
019b59aeb2af6b47d5c8e69c5dc1d731c8df0354

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.15.129
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v6.*
v6.1.50
v6.1.51
v6.1.52
v6.1.53
v6.4.13
v6.4.14
v6.4.15
v6.4.16

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53526.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.132
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.54
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.5.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53526.json"