CVE-2026-72161

{"id": "CVE-2026-72161", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "da5e7c87827e8caa6a1eeec6d95dcf74ab592a01", "lessThan": "24daf13422e8328fd588c34a017bdef1949910e8", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "da5e7c87827e8caa6a1eeec6d95dcf74ab592a01", "lessThan": "7da7e4ac21895fe34cceffcfc99497cc2750da99", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "da5e7c87827e8caa6a1eeec6d95dcf74ab592a01", "lessThan": "eb6a13834c23e291f1170cb1b489ec255edfa5a3", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "da5e7c87827e8caa6a1eeec6d95dcf74ab592a01", "lessThan": "499714de42ab4d2e778cbb10186684142a1222eb", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "da5e7c87827e8caa6a1eeec6d95dcf74ab592a01", "lessThan": "63921f790234b221e4b15c56c72888b13250f81d", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "da5e7c87827e8caa6a1eeec6d95dcf74ab592a01", "lessThan": "a291c77c034b7a81849ce9b71cc9ecda9e587d89", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["fs/ocfs2/journal.h"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "5.16"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.16", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.1.178", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.6.145", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.12.97", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.18.40", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.1.5", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.2", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["fs/ocfs2/journal.h"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:33.983", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24daf13422e8328fd588c34a017bdef1949910e8", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/499714de42ab4d2e778cbb10186684142a1222eb", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63921f790234b221e4b15c56c72888b13250f81d", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da7e4ac21895fe34cceffcfc99497cc2750da99", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a291c77c034b7a81849ce9b71cc9ecda9e587d89", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb6a13834c23e291f1170cb1b489ec255edfa5a3", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: add journal NULL check in ocfs2_checkpoint_inode()\n\nDuring unmount, ocfs2_journal_shutdown() frees the journal and sets\nosb->journal to NULL. Later, when VFS evicts remaining cached inodes,\nocfs2_evict_inode() -> ocfs2_clear_inode() -> ocfs2_checkpoint_inode()\n-> ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed() dereferences osb->journal, causing a\nNULL pointer dereference.\n\nFix this by adding a NULL check for osb->journal in\nocfs2_checkpoint_inode(). If the journal is NULL, it has already been\nfully flushed and destroyed during shutdown, so there is nothing to\ncheckpoint."}], "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:16.387", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}