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TI-2025-41913 Aliases CVE-2025-68337GHSA-75fx-9v9v-4p3x

jbd2: avoid bug_on in jbd2_journal_get_create_access() when file system corrupted

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jbd2: avoid bug_on in jbd2_journal_get_create_access() when file system corrupted There's issue when file system corrupted: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1289! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 2031 Comm: mkdir Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1-next RIP: 0010:jbd2_journal_get_create_access+0x3b6/0x4d0 RSP: 0018:ffff888117aafa30 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88811a86b000 RCX: ffffffff89a63534 RDX: 1ffff110200ec602 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff888100763010 RBP: ffff888100763000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff888100763028 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff88812c432000 R14: ffff88812c608000 R15: ffff888120bfc000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f91d6970c99 CR3: 00000001159c4000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> __ext4_journal_get_create_access+0x42/0x170 ext4_getblk+0x319/0x6f0 ext4_bread+0x11/0x100 ext4_append+0x1e6/0x4a0 ext4_init_new_dir+0x145/0x1d0 ext4_mkdir+0x326/0x920 vfs_mkdir+0x45c/0x740 do_mkdirat+0x234/0x2f0 __x64_sys_mkdir+0xd6/0x120 do_syscall_64+0x5f/0xfa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The above issue occurs with us in errors=continue mode when accompanied by storage failures. There have been many inconsistencies in the file system data. In the case of file system data inconsistency, for example, if the block bitmap of a referenced block is not set, it can lead to the situation where a block being committed is allocated and used again. As a result, the following condition will not be satisfied then trigger BUG_ON. Of course, it is entirely possible to construct a problematic image that can trigger this BUG_ON through specific operations. In fact, I have constructed such an image and easily reproduced this issue. Therefore, J_ASSERT() holds true only under ideal conditions, but it may not necessarily be satisfied in exceptional scenarios. Using J_ASSERT() directly in abnormal situations would cause the system to crash, which is clearly not what we want. So here we directly trigger a JBD abort instead of immediately invoking BUG_ON.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00552 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 +5Red Hat: 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux2.6.19 and later5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1, 6.19Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.19 and later Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1, 6.19 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1, 6.19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68337
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75fx-9v9v-4p3x

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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