Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix race between transaction aborts and fsyncs leading to use-after-free
There is a race between a task aborting a transaction during a commit,
a task doing an fsync and the transaction kthread, which leads to an
use-after-free of the log root tree. When this happens, it results in a
stack trace like the following:
BTRFS info (device dm-0): forced readonly
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
BTRFS: error (device dm-0) in cleanup_transaction:1958: errno=-5 IO failure
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): lost page write due to IO error on /dev/mapper/error-test (-5)
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): direct IO failed ino 261 rw 0,0 sector 0xa4e8 len 4096 err no 10
BTRFS error (device dm-0): error writing primary super block to device 1
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): direct IO failed ino 261 rw 0,0 sector 0x12e000 len 4096 err no 10
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): direct IO failed ino 261 rw 0,0 sector 0x12e008 len 4096 err no 10
BTRFS warning (device dm-0): direct IO failed ino 261 rw 0,0 sector 0x12e010 len 4096 err no 10
BTRFS: error (device dm-0) in write_all_supers:4110: errno=-5 IO failure (1 errors while writing supers)
BTRFS: error (device dm-0) in btrfs_sync_log:3308: errno=-5 IO failure
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b68: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI
CPU: 2 PID: 2458471 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 5.12.0-rc5-btrfs-next-84 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0x139/0xa40
Code: c0 74 19 (...)
RSP: 0018:ffff9f18830d7b00 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b68 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: ffffffffb9c54d13 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff9f18830d7bc0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff9f18830d7be0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8c6cd199c040
R13: ffff8c6c95821358 R14: 00000000fffffffb R15: ffff8c6cbcf01358
FS: 00007fa9140c2b80(0000) GS:ffff8c6fac600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa913d52000 CR3: 000000013d2b4003 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
? __btrfs_handle_fs_error+0xde/0x146 [btrfs]
? btrfs_sync_log+0x7c1/0xf20 [btrfs]
? btrfs_sync_log+0x7c1/0xf20 [btrfs]
btrfs_sync_log+0x7c1/0xf20 [btrfs]
btrfs_sync_file+0x40c/0x580 [btrfs]
do_fsync+0x38/0x70
__x64_sys_fsync+0x10/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7fa9142a55c3
Code: 8b 15 09 (...)
RSP: 002b:00007fff26278d48 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000004a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000563c83cb4560 RCX: 00007fa9142a55c3
RDX: 00007fff26278cb0 RSI: 00007fff26278cb0 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 0000000000000005 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007fff26278d5c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000340
R13: 00007fff26278de0 R14: 00007fff26278d96 R15: 0000563c83ca57c0
Modules linked in: btrfs dm_zero dm_snapshot dm_thin_pool (...)
---[ end trace ee2f1b19327d791d ]---
The steps that lead to this crash are the following:
1) We are at transaction N;
2) We have two tasks with a transaction handle attached to transaction N.
Task A and Task B. Task B is doing an fsync;
3) Task B is at btrfs_sync_log(), and has saved fs_info->log_root_tree
into a local variable named 'log_root_tree' at the top of
btrfs_sync_log(). Task B is about to call write_all_supers(), but
before that...
4) Task A calls btrfs_commit_transaction(), and after it sets the
transaction state to TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START, an error happens before
it w
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.7 | 5.10.36 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +20 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP3 | kernel-64kb +7 | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLES 15 SP3 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLES 15 SP2 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLES 15 SP2 | kernel-docs +5 | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | kernel-azure +2 | 4.12.14-16.182.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | kernel-docs +4 | 4.12.14-122.216.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1 |
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 15 SP3 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP3 | kernel-docs +5 | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP2 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP2 | kernel-docs +5 | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLES for SAP 12 SP5 | kernel-azure +2 | 4.12.14-16.182.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1 |
| SLES for SAP 12 SP5 | kernel-syms +2 | 4.12.14-122.216.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1 |
| SLE Real Time 12 SP5 | kernel-rt +3 | 4.12.14-10.182.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.2 | kernel-default | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.2 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.2 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.3.18-150300.166.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.1 | kernel-default | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.1 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.1 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.3.18-150300.166.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 | kernel-default | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43 | 1-150300.7.3.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 | kernel-default | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_47 | 1-150200.5.3.3 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 | kernel-default | 4.12.14-122.216.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 | kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_56 | 1-8.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP3 | kernel-64kb +6 | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP3 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP2 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP2 | kernel-docs +5 | 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-64kb +6 | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-default-base | 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 | SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 |
Advisories 7
- SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2024-0500 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 4, 2025