# CVE-2026-80644: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ocfs2: don't BUG_ON an invalid journal dinode  [...

CVE-2026-80644 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80644, released August 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80644
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.5 (IMPORTANT)
- EPSS: 0.0022
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Aug 28, 2026

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ocfs2: don't BUG_ON an invalid journal dinode  [BUG] A fuzzed OCFS2 image can corrupt the current slot journal dinode while mount is still in progress. The mount path first reports the invalid journal block and then crashes in shutdown:  kernel BUG at fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1034! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:ocfs2_journal_toggle_dirty+0x2d6/0x340 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1034 Call Trace:  ocfs2_journal_shutdown+0x414/0xc30 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1116  ocfs2_mount_volume fs/ocfs2/super.c:1785 [inline]  ocfs2_fill_super+0x30a9/0x3cd0 fs/ocfs2/super.c:1083  get_tree_bdev_flags+0x38b/0x640 fs/super.c:1698  get_tree_bdev+0x24/0x40 fs/super.c:1721  ocfs2_get_tree+0x21/0x30 fs/ocfs2/super.c:1184  vfs_get_tree+0x9a/0x370 fs/super.c:1758  fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline]  do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3642 [inline]  do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:3718 [inline]  path_mount+0x5b8/0x1ea0 fs/namespace.c:4028  do_mount fs/namespace.c:4041 [inline]  __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4229 [inline]  __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4206 [inline]  __x64_sys_mount+0x282/0x320 fs/namespace.c:4206  ...  [CAUSE] ocfs2_journal_toggle_dirty() used to return -EIO when journal->j_bh no longer contained a valid dinode, because the startup and shutdown paths already handled that failure. Commit 10995aa2451a ("ocfs2: Morph the haphazard OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE() checks.") changed the check to a BUG_ON() under the assumption that the journal dinode had already been validated. That turns an unexpected invalid journal dinode during mount teardown into a kernel crash instead of a normal mount failure.  [FIX] Replace the BUG_ON() with WARN_ON() and return -EIO. This keeps the invariant warning for debugging, but restores the original behavior of failing startup or shutdown cleanly instead of panicking the kernel.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | bpftool ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | bpftool ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-container ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-container ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-container-debug ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-container-debug ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500249](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500249.md) | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.180-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80644](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-80644.md) | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.100-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80644](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-80644.md) | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Linux | linux Debian 14 | 7.1.5-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80644](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-80644.md) | Aug 29, 2026 |

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