Google: sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1: security update to 18244.236.44

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451441

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jbd2: stop waiting for space when
jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() returns error In __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(), we might call
jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() to recover some journal space. But if an error occurs while executing
jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() (e.g., an EIO), we don't stop waiting for free space right away, we try other
branches, and if j_committing_transaction is NULL (i.e., the tid is 0), we will get the following
complain: ============================================ JBD2: I/O error when updating journal superblock
for sdd-8. __jbd2_log_wait_for_space: needed 256 blocks and only had 217 space available
__jbd2_log_wait_for_space: no way to get more journal space in sdd-8 ------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 139804 at fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c:109 __jbd2_log_wait_for_space+0x251/0x2e0 Modules
linked in: CPU: 2 PID: 139804 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Not tainted 6.6.0+ #1 RIP:
0010:__jbd2_log_wait_for_space+0x251/0x2e0 Call Trace: <TASK> add_transaction_credits+0x5d1/0x5e0
start_this_handle+0x1ef/0x6a0 jbd2__journal_start+0x18b/0x340 ext4_dirty_inode+0x5d/0xb0
__mark_inode_dirty+0xe4/0x5d0 generic_update_time+0x60/0x70 [...]
============================================ So only if jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() returns 1, i.e., there
is nothing to clean up at the moment, continue to try to reclaim free space in other ways. Note that this
fix relies on commit 6f6a6fda2945 ("jbd2: fix ocfs2 corrupt when updating journal superblock fails") to
make jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail return the correct error code. (CVE-2024-49959)

Solution

Update the sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1 library and its related packages to version 18244.236.44 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 451441

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49959

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