# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-53526"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-10-01T11:46:11.862Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T21:41:30.040Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53526"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53526.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53526"
title: "jbd2: check 'jh-\u003eb_transaction' before removing it from checkpoint"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njbd2: check 'jh-\u003eb_transaction' before removing it from checkpoint\n\nFollowing process will corrupt ext4 image:\nStep 1:\njbd2_journal_commit_transaction\n __jbd2_journal_insert_checkpoint(jh, commit_transaction)\n // Put jh into trans1-\u003et_checkpoint_list\n journal-\u003ej_checkpoint_transactions = commit_transaction\n // Put trans1 into journal-\u003ej_checkpoint_transactions\n\nStep 2:\ndo_get_write_access\n test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh) // clear buffer dirty，set jbd dirty\n __jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction) // jh belongs to trans2\n\nStep 3:\ndrop_cache\n journal_shrink_one_cp_list\n  jbd2_journal_try_remove_checkpoint\n   if (!trylock_buffer(bh))  // lock bh, true\n   if (buffer_dirty(bh))     // buffer is not dirty\n   __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh)\n   // remove jh from trans1-\u003et_checkpoint_list\n\nStep 4:\njbd2_log_do_checkpoint\n trans1 = journal-\u003ej_checkpoint_transactions\n // jh is not in trans1-\u003et_checkpoint_list\n jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal)  // trans1 is done\n\nStep 5: Power cut, trans2 is not committed, jh is lost in next mounting.\n\nFix it by checking 'jh-\u003eb_transaction' before remove it from checkpoint."
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