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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72225

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:21:41 AM

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Added Description

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

jbd2: fix integer underflow in jbd2_journal_initialize_fast_commit()

jbd2_journal_initialize_fast_commit() validates journal capacity by
checking (journal->j_last - num_fc_blks < JBD2_MIN_JOURNAL_BLOCKS).
Both j_last and num_fc_blks are unsigned, so when num_fc_blks exceeds
j_last the subtraction wraps to a large value, bypassing the bounds
check.

The resulting underflow corrupts j_last, j_fc_first, and j_free,
leading to journal abort.

Fix by checking num_fc_blks against j_last before the subtraction,
returning -EFSCORRUPTED.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/289a2ca0c9b7eae74f93fc213b0b971669b8683d
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4450dcaadf7d4aae8b6e4223b5d6ee4eb77097a9
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b48dcb88bb9117e3d3f051175a9a8b7cff7f8b6
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78955fdce8ff654e6d33a2fa90882a1e7eb26330
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58fc10adf503969fec2007b5afe8987258046c4
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e144ad0250f77e23e28949587b8b57e40dc3b512
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9b49618ed7296ebfad62a3835da8945f727001
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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