In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/jfs: prevent double-free in dbUnmount() after failed jfs_remount()

Syzkaller reported the following issue:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3787 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: double-free in __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3800
Free of addr ffff888086408000 by task syz-executor.4/12750
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
[...]
kasan_report_invalid_free+0xac/0xd0 mm/kasan/report.c:482
____kasan_slab_free+0xfb/0x120
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1781 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x12e/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1807
slab_free mm/slub.c:3787 [inline]
__kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3800
dbUnmount+0xf4/0x110 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:264
jfs_umount+0x248/0x3b0 fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c:87
jfs_put_super+0x86/0x190 fs/jfs/super.c:194
generic_shutdown_super+0x130/0x310 fs/super.c:492
kill_block_super+0x79/0xd0 fs/super.c:1386
deactivate_locked_super+0xa7/0xf0 fs/super.c:332
cleanup_mnt+0x494/0x520 fs/namespace.c:1291
task_work_run+0x243/0x300 kernel/task_work.c:179
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x124/0x150 kernel/entry/common.c:171
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xb2/0x140 kernel/entry/common.c:203
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x60 kernel/entry/common.c:296
do_syscall_64+0x49/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[...]
</TASK>

Allocated by task 13352:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:52
____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:371 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x97/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:380
kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:580 [inline]
dbMount+0x54/0x980 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:164
jfs_mount+0x1dd/0x830 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:121
jfs_fill_super+0x590/0xc50 fs/jfs/super.c:556
mount_bdev+0x26c/0x3a0 fs/super.c:1359
legacy_get_tree+0xea/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:610
vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1489
do_new_mount+0x289/0xad0 fs/namespace.c:3145
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3488 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3697 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x2d3/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3674
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Freed by task 13352:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:52
kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:518
____kasan_slab_free+0xd6/0x120 mm/kasan/common.c:236
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1781 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x12e/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1807
slab_free mm/slub.c:3787 [inline]
__kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3800
dbUnmount+0xf4/0x110 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:264
jfs_mount_rw+0x545/0x740 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:247
jfs_remount+0x3db/0x710 fs/jfs/super.c:454
reconfigure_super+0x3bc/0x7b0 fs/super.c:935
vfs_fsconfig_locked fs/fsopen.c:254 [inline]
__do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:439 [inline]
__se_sys_fsconfig+0xad5/0x1060 fs/fsopen.c:314
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[...]

JFS_SBI(ipbmap->i_sb)->bmap wasn't set to NULL after kfree() in
dbUnmount().

Syzkaller uses faultinject to reproduce this KASAN double-free
warning. The issue is triggered if either diMount() or dbMount() fail
in jfs_remount(), since diUnmount() or dbUnmount() already happened in
such a case - they will do double-free on next execution: jfs_umount
or jfs_remount.

Tested on both upstream and jfs-next by syzkaller.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00034.

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 798c5f6f98bc9045593d4b3a65c32f05d97bd0e6
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < aef6507e85475e30831c30405d785c7ed976ea4a
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < b12ccbfdf6539ef0157868f69fcae0b7f7a072b3
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 6f8b34458948ffca2fe90cd8c614e3fa2ebe0b27
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < aa5b019a3e0f7f54f4e5370c1af827f6b00fd26b
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 2f7a36448f51d08d3a83f1514abcca4b680bcd3c
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < f71c4bb3ec08dfcbd201350a6a0a914c4e6a9e3f
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < cade5397e5461295f3cb87880534b6a07cafa427
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
2.6.12 affected —
0 unaffected < 2.6.12
4.14.326 unaffected ≤ 4.14.*
4.19.295 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.257 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.197 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.133 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.55 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.5.5 unaffected ≤ 6.5.*
6.6 unaffected ≤ *

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: prevent double-free in dbUnmount() after failed jfs_remount() Syzkaller reported the following issue: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3787 [inline] BUG: KASAN: double-free in __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3800 Free of addr ffff888086408000 by task syz-executor.4/12750 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> [...] kasan_report_invalid_free+0xac/0xd0 mm/kasan/report.c:482 ____kasan_slab_free+0xfb/0x120 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1781 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x12e/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1807 slab_free mm/slub.c:3787 [inline] __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3800 dbUnmount+0xf4/0x110 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:264 jfs_umount+0x248/0x3b0 fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c:87 jfs_put_super+0x86/0x190 fs/jfs/super.c:194 generic_shutdown_super+0x130/0x310 fs/super.c:492 kill_block_super+0x79/0xd0 fs/super.c:1386 deactivate_locked_super+0xa7/0xf0 fs/super.c:332 cleanup_mnt+0x494/0x520 fs/namespace.c:1291 task_work_run+0x243/0x300 kernel/task_work.c:179 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x124/0x150 kernel/entry/common.c:171 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xb2/0x140 kernel/entry/common.c:203 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x60 kernel/entry/common.c:296 do_syscall_64+0x49/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [...] </TASK> Allocated by task 13352: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline] kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:52 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:371 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x97/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:380 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:580 [inline] dbMount+0x54/0x980 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:164 jfs_mount+0x1dd/0x830 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:121 jfs_fill_super+0x590/0xc50 fs/jfs/super.c:556 mount_bdev+0x26c/0x3a0 fs/super.c:1359 legacy_get_tree+0xea/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:610 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1489 do_new_mount+0x289/0xad0 fs/namespace.c:3145 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3488 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3697 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x2d3/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3674 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Freed by task 13352: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline] kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:52 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:518 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd6/0x120 mm/kasan/common.c:236 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1781 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x12e/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1807 slab_free mm/slub.c:3787 [inline] __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3800 dbUnmount+0xf4/0x110 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:264 jfs_mount_rw+0x545/0x740 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:247 jfs_remount+0x3db/0x710 fs/jfs/super.c:454 reconfigure_super+0x3bc/0x7b0 fs/super.c:935 vfs_fsconfig_locked fs/fsopen.c:254 [inline] __do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:439 [inline] __se_sys_fsconfig+0xad5/0x1060 fs/fsopen.c:314 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [...] JFS_SBI(ipbmap->i_sb)->bmap wasn't set to NULL after kfree() in dbUnmount(). Syzkaller uses faultinject to reproduce this KASAN double-free warning. The issue is triggered if either diMount() or dbMount() fail in jfs_remount(), since diUnmount() or dbUnmount() already happened in such a case - they will do double-free on next execution: jfs_umount or jfs_remount. Tested on both upstream and jfs-next by syzkaller.
Title fs/jfs: prevent double-free in dbUnmount() after failed jfs_remount()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-05T10:33:57.714Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.521Z

Link: CVE-2023-54127

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:14.680

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:34.503

Link: CVE-2023-54127

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54127 - Bugzilla

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