DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53131
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref in block_touch_buffer tracepoint Patch series "nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref bugs on block tracepoints". This series fixes null pointer dereference bugs that occur when using nilfs2 and two block-related tracepoints. This patch (of 2): It has been reported that when using "block:block_touch_buffer" tracepoint, touch_buffer() called from __nilfs_get_folio_block() causes a NULL pointer dereference, or a general protection fault when KASAN is enabled. This happens because since the tracepoint was added in touch_buffer(), it references the dev_t member bh->b_bdev->bd_dev regardless of whether the buffer head has a pointer to a block_device structure. In the current implementation, the block_device structure is set after the function returns to the caller. Here, touch_buffer() is used to mark the folio/page that owns the buffer head as accessed, but the common search helper for folio/page used by the caller function was optimized to mark the folio/page as accessed when it was reimplemented a long time ago, eliminating the need to call touch_buffer() here in the first place. So this solves the issue by eliminating the touch_buffer() call itself.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.38-2, 6.1.90-1, 6.1.90-1~bpo11+1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux-6.1 | 0, 6.1.106-3~deb11u1, 6.1.106-3~deb11u2 |
| Debian:11 | linux | 5.10.46-4, 5.10.70-1, 5.10.70-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 4, 2024 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated