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Linux Kernel EUVD-2026-24788

| CVE-2026-31450 HIGH
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-04-22 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Denial Of Service Linux Null Pointer Dereference
8.8
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

7
Analysis Generated
Apr 27, 2026 - 14:28 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Apr 27, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
Patch released
Apr 27, 2026 - 14:16 nvd
Patch available
Patch available
Apr 22, 2026 - 16:02 EUVD
EUVD ID Assigned
Apr 22, 2026 - 14:22 euvd
EUVD-2026-24788
Analysis Generated
Apr 22, 2026 - 14:22 vuln.today
CVE Published
Apr 22, 2026 - 14:16 nvd
HIGH 8.8

DescriptionNVD

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

ext4: publish jinode after initialization

ext4_inode_attach_jinode() publishes ei->jinode to concurrent users. It used to set ei->jinode before jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode(), allowing a reader to observe a non-NULL jinode with i_vfs_inode still unset.

The fast commit flush path can then pass this jinode to jbd2_wait_inode_data(), which dereferences i_vfs_inode->i_mapping and may crash.

Below is the crash I observe:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000010beb47f4
PGD 110e51067 P4D 110e51067 PUD 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4850 Comm: fc_fsync_bench_ Not tainted 6.18.0-00764-g795a690c06a5 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:xas_find_marked+0x3d/0x2e0
Code: e0 03 48 83 f8 02 0f 84 f0 01 00 00 48 8b 47 08 48 89 c3 48 39 c6 0f 82 fd 01 00 00 48 85 c9 74 3d 48 83 f9 03 77 63 4c 8b 0f <49> 8b 71 08 48 c7 47 18 00 00 00 00 48 89 f1 83 e1 03 48 83 f9 02
RSP: 0018:ffffbbee806e7bf0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000010beb4 RBX: 000000000010beb4 RCX: 0000000000000003
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000002000300000 RDI: ffffbbee806e7c10
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000002000300000 R09: 000000010beb47ec
R10: ffff9ea494590090 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000002000300000
R13: ffffbbee806e7c90 R14: ffff9ea494513788 R15: ffffbbee806e7c88
FS: 00007fc2f9e3e6c0(0000) GS:ffff9ea6b1444000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000010beb47f4 CR3: 0000000119ac5000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
filemap_get_folios_tag+0x87/0x2a0
__filemap_fdatawait_range+0x5f/0xd0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? __schedule+0x3e7/0x10c0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? preempt_count_sub+0x5f/0x80
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? cap_safe_nice+0x37/0x70
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? preempt_count_sub+0x5f/0x80
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
filemap_fdatawait_range_keep_errors+0x12/0x40
ext4_fc_commit+0x697/0x8b0
? ext4_file_write_iter+0x64b/0x950
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? preempt_count_sub+0x5f/0x80
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? vfs_write+0x356/0x480
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? preempt_count_sub+0x5f/0x80
ext4_sync_file+0xf7/0x370
do_fsync+0x3b/0x80
? syscall_trace_enter+0x108/0x1d0
__x64_sys_fdatasync+0x16/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x62/0x2c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
...

Fix this by initializing the jbd2_inode first. Use smp_wmb() and WRITE_ONCE() to publish ei->jinode after initialization. Readers use READ_ONCE() to fetch the pointer.

AnalysisAI

Race condition in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem allows denial of service through kernel panic when fast commit feature processes incompletely initialized journal inodes. Affects Linux kernel versions from 3.11 through multiple stable branches (5.10.x, 5.15.x, 6.1.x, 6.6.x, 6.12.x, 6.18.x, 6.19.x) prior to patched versions released in early 2025. …

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RemediationAI

Within 24 hours: identify all Linux systems running kernel versions 5.10.x, 5.15.x, 6.1.x, 6.6.x, 6.12.x, 6.18.x, or 6.19.x using 'uname -r'; prioritize systems with ext4 filesystems and fast commit enabled (check via 'tune2fs -l' for mount point). Within 7 days: obtain patched kernel versions from your Linux distribution's security repository and apply patches to non-critical systems first as validation. …

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