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Unscored CVE-2024-26726 EUVD-2024-23988GHSA-798v-p58f-mw7j

btrfs: don't drop extent_map for free space inode on write error

Published Apr 3, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: don't drop extent_map for free space inode on write error

While running the CI for an unrelated change I hit the following panic
with generic/648 on btrfs_holes_spacecache.

assertion failed: block_start != EXTENT_MAP_HOLE, in fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:1385
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:1385!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 2695096 Comm: fsstress Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.8.0-rc2+ #1
RIP: 0010:__extent_writepage_io.constprop.0+0x4c1/0x5c0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
extent_write_cache_pages+0x2ac/0x8f0
extent_writepages+0x87/0x110
do_writepages+0xd5/0x1f0
filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x63/0x90
__filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x5c/0x80
btrfs_fdatawrite_range+0x1f/0x50
btrfs_write_out_cache+0x507/0x560
btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups+0x32a/0x420
commit_cowonly_roots+0x21b/0x290
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x813/0x1360
btrfs_sync_file+0x51a/0x640
__x64_sys_fdatasync+0x52/0x90
do_syscall_64+0x9c/0x190
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

This happens because we fail to write out the free space cache in one
instance, come back around and attempt to write it again. However on
the second pass through we go to call btrfs_get_extent() on the inode to
get the extent mapping. Because this is a new block group, and with the
free space inode we always search the commit root to avoid deadlocking
with the tree, we find nothing and return a EXTENT_MAP_HOLE for the
requested range.

This happens because the first time we try to write the space cache out
we hit an error, and on an error we drop the extent mapping. This is
normal for normal files, but the free space cache inode is special. We
always expect the extent map to be correct. Thus the second time
through we end up with a bogus extent map.

Since we're deprecating this feature, the most straightforward way to
fix this is to simply skip dropping the extent map range for this failed
range.

I shortened the test by using error injection to stress the area to make
it easier to reproduce. With this patch in place we no longer panic
with my error injection test.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.12 5.15.187

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.82-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1076.78 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-156.166 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1092.99 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.5 6.5.0-1023.23~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1096.105 USN-7775-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-6895-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1096.105.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1092.101 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-6895-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1089.95 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1075.83 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-44.44~22.04.1 USN-6900-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1086.89 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1087.93 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1088.93 USN-7774-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-44.44.1~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1087.88 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1023.24 USN-6895-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1045.45 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1034.34 USN-7774-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1027.28 USN-6895-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1090.96 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1026.26~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +23 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1017.18~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1056.60 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2002.2 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1085.87 USN-7774-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1092.101 USN-7774-3
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1092.99+fips1 USN-7774-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1096.105+fips1 USN-7775-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-156.166+fips1 USN-7774-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1092.101+fips1 USN-7774-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1 USN-7775-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-156.166~20.04.1 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1086.89~20.04.1 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1087.93~20.04.1 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1045.45~20.04.1 USN-7774-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1090.96~20.04.1 USN-7776-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1087.91~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3.150600.12.2.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.7.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-9.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1 1-150600.13.3.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +2 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3.150600.12.2.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.7.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.79-99.164 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-549
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.79-99.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-549

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +18 5.15.0-312.187.5.el9uek ELSA-2025-20552

Advisories 23

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