new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+From 5ee8b3edb385b216eb4f3316323ae1287824971a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
+Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 22:26:03 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] journal: replace a bunch of assert() with friendlier checks
+
+We should not rely that data stored in the journal files remains
+entirely untouched at all times. Because we unallocate files, data might
+go away any time. Hence, never assert() on any expectations on what the
+file contains. Instead, handle it more gracefully as a corruption issue,
+and return EBADMSG.
+
+Fixes: #35229 #32436
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/37757/commits/5ee8b3edb385b216eb4f3316323ae1287824971a]
+
+Signed-off-by: Suresh H A <Suresh.HA@bmwtechworks.in>
+---
+ src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
+index fecddb932f..acceea7770 100644
+--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
++++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
+@@ -2740,7 +2740,9 @@ static int bump_entry_array(
+
+ if (direction == DIRECTION_DOWN) {
+ assert(o);
+- assert(o->object.type == OBJECT_ENTRY_ARRAY);
++
++ if (o->object.type != OBJECT_ENTRY_ARRAY)
++ return -EBADMSG;
+
+ *ret = le64toh(o->entry_array.next_entry_array_offset);
+ } else {
+@@ -3241,9 +3243,11 @@ static int generic_array_bisect_for_data(
+
+ assert(f);
+ assert(d);
+- assert(d->object.type == OBJECT_DATA);
+ assert(test_object);
+
++ if (d->object.type != OBJECT_DATA)
++ return -EBADMSG;
++
+ n = le64toh(d->data.n_entries);
+ if (n <= 0)
+ return 0;
+@@ -3609,9 +3613,11 @@ int journal_file_move_to_entry_for_data(
+
+ assert(f);
+ assert(d);
+- assert(d->object.type == OBJECT_DATA);
+ assert(IN_SET(direction, DIRECTION_DOWN, DIRECTION_UP));
+
++ if (d->object.type != OBJECT_DATA)
++ return -EBADMSG;
++
+ /* FIXME: fix return value assignment. */
+
+ /* This returns the first (when the direction is down, otherwise the last) entry linked to the
+@@ -3671,7 +3677,9 @@ int journal_file_move_to_entry_by_offset_for_data(
+
+ assert(f);
+ assert(d);
+- assert(d->object.type == OBJECT_DATA);
++
++ if (d->object.type != OBJECT_DATA)
++ return -EBADMSG;
+
+ return generic_array_bisect_for_data(
+ f,
+@@ -3697,7 +3705,9 @@ int journal_file_move_to_entry_by_monotonic_for_data(
+
+ assert(f);
+ assert(d);
+- assert(d->object.type == OBJECT_DATA);
++
++ if (d->object.type != OBJECT_DATA)
++ return -EBADMSG;
+
+ /* First, pin the given data object, before reading the _BOOT_ID= data object below. */
+ r = journal_file_pin_object(f, d);
+@@ -3763,7 +3773,9 @@ int journal_file_move_to_entry_by_seqnum_for_data(
+
+ assert(f);
+ assert(d);
+- assert(d->object.type == OBJECT_DATA);
++
++ if (d->object.type != OBJECT_DATA)
++ return -EBADMSG;
+
+ return generic_array_bisect_for_data(
+ f,
+@@ -3783,7 +3795,9 @@ int journal_file_move_to_entry_by_realtime_for_data(
+
+ assert(f);
+ assert(d);
+- assert(d->object.type == OBJECT_DATA);
++
++ if (d->object.type != OBJECT_DATA)
++ return -EBADMSG;
+
+ return generic_array_bisect_for_data(
+ f,
+--
+2.43.0
+
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SRC_URI += " \
file://CVE-2026-40225-02.patch \
file://CVE-2026-40226-01.patch \
file://CVE-2026-40226-02.patch \
+ file://0023-journal-replace-a-bunch-of-assert-with-friendlier-ch.patch \
"
# patches needed by musl