What the vulnerability does

01Description

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs on corrupt gfs2 file systems when the evict code tries to reference the journal descriptor structure after it has been freed and set to NULL. A privileged local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 23, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated