CVE-2025-37839
kernel: jbd2: remove wrong sb->s_sequence check
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 9, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jbd2: remove wrong sb->s_sequence check
Journal emptiness is not determined by sb->s_sequence == 0 but rather by sb->s_start == 0 (which is set a few lines above). Furthermore 0 is a valid transaction ID so the check can spuriously trigger. Remove the invalid WARN_ON.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-1025 · Comparison Using Wrong Factors