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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: No more self recovery When a node withdraws and it turns out that it is the only node that has the filesystem mounted, gfs2 currently tries to replay the local journal to bring the filesystem back into a consistent state. Not only is that a very bad idea, it has also never worked because gfs2_recover_func() will refuse to do anything during a withdraw. However, before even getting to this point, gfs2_recover_func() dereferences sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_inode. This was a use-after-free before commit 04133b607a78 ("gfs2: Prevent double iput for journal on error") and is a NULL pointer dereference since then. Simply get rid of self recovery to fix that.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-08-22 | Updated 2025-09-29 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

601ef0d52e9617588fcff3df26953592f2eb44ac before 1a91ba12abef628b43cada87478328274d988e88
affected

601ef0d52e9617588fcff3df26953592f2eb44ac before f5426ffbec971a8f7346a57392d3a901bdee5a9b
affected

601ef0d52e9617588fcff3df26953592f2eb44ac before 6784367b2f3cd7b89103de35764f37f152590dbd
affected

601ef0d52e9617588fcff3df26953592f2eb44ac before 97c94c7dbddc34d353c83b541b3decabf98d04af
affected

601ef0d52e9617588fcff3df26953592f2eb44ac before deb016c1669002e48c431d6fd32ea1c20ef41756
affected

Default status
affected

5.7
affected

Any version before 5.7
unaffected

6.6.102
unaffected

6.12.42
unaffected

6.15.10
unaffected

6.16.1
unaffected

6.17
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/1a91ba12abef628b43cada87478328274d988e88

git.kernel.org/...c/f5426ffbec971a8f7346a57392d3a901bdee5a9b

git.kernel.org/...c/6784367b2f3cd7b89103de35764f37f152590dbd

git.kernel.org/...c/97c94c7dbddc34d353c83b541b3decabf98d04af

git.kernel.org/...c/deb016c1669002e48c431d6fd32ea1c20ef41756

cve.org (CVE-2025-38659)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38659)

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