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High · 7.8 CVE-2024-37354 EUVD-2024-36975GHSA-gv7r-mmrj-5xw9

btrfs: fix crash on racing fsync and size-extending write into prealloc

Published Jun 25, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

btrfs: fix crash on racing fsync and size-extending write into prealloc

We have been seeing crashes on duplicate keys in
btrfs_set_item_key_safe():

BTRFS critical (device vdb): slot 4 key (450 108 8192) new key (450 108 8192)
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2620!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 3139 Comm: xfs_io Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0 #6
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:btrfs_set_item_key_safe+0x11f/0x290 [btrfs]

With the following stack trace:

#0 btrfs_set_item_key_safe (fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2620:4)
#1 btrfs_drop_extents (fs/btrfs/file.c:411:4)
#2 log_one_extent (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:4732:9)
#3 btrfs_log_changed_extents (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:4955:9)
#4 btrfs_log_inode (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:6626:9)
#5 btrfs_log_inode_parent (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:7070:8)
#6 btrfs_log_dentry_safe (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:7171:8)
#7 btrfs_sync_file (fs/btrfs/file.c:1933:8)
#8 vfs_fsync_range (fs/sync.c:188:9)
#9 vfs_fsync (fs/sync.c:202:9)
#10 do_fsync (fs/sync.c:212:9)
#11 __do_sys_fdatasync (fs/sync.c:225:9)
#12 __se_sys_fdatasync (fs/sync.c:223:1)
#13 __x64_sys_fdatasync (fs/sync.c:223:1)
#14 do_syscall_x64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52:14)
#15 do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:83:7)
#16 entry_SYSCALL_64+0xaf/0x14c (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)

So we're logging a changed extent from fsync, which is splitting an
extent in the log tree. But this split part already exists in the tree,
triggering the BUG().

This is the state of the log tree at the time of the crash, dumped with
drgn (https://github.com/osandov/drgn/blob/main/contrib/btrfs_tree.py)
to get more details than btrfs_print_leaf() gives us:

>>> print_extent_buffer(prog.crashed_thread().stack_trace()[0]["eb"])
leaf 33439744 level 0 items 72 generation 9 owner 18446744073709551610
leaf 33439744 flags 0x100000000000000
fs uuid e5bd3946-400c-4223-8923-190ef1f18677
chunk uuid d58cb17e-6d02-494a-829a-18b7d8a399da
item 0 key (450 INODE_ITEM 0) itemoff 16123 itemsize 160
generation 7 transid 9 size 8192 nbytes 8473563889606862198
block group 0 mode 100600 links 1 uid 0 gid 0 rdev 0
sequence 204 flags 0x10(PREALLOC)
atime 1716417703.220000000 (2024-05-22 15:41:43)
ctime 1716417704.983333333 (2024-05-22 15:41:44)
mtime 1716417704.983333333 (2024-05-22 15:41:44)
otime 17592186044416.000000000 (559444-03-08 01:40:16)
item 1 key (450 INODE_REF 256) itemoff 16110 itemsize 13
index 195 namelen 3 name: 193
item 2 key (450 XATTR_ITEM 1640047104) itemoff 16073 itemsize 37
location key (0 UNKNOWN.0 0) type XATTR
transid 7 data_len 1 name_len 6
name: user.a
data a
item 3 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 0) itemoff 16020 itemsize 53
generation 9 type 1 (regular)
extent data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
extent data offset 0 nr 4096 ram 12288
extent compression 0 (none)
item 4 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 4096) itemoff 15967 itemsize 53
generation 9 type 2 (prealloc)
prealloc data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
prealloc data offset 4096 nr 8192
item 5 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 8192) itemoff 15914 itemsize 53
generation 9 type 2 (prealloc)
prealloc data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
prealloc data offset 8192 nr 4096
...

So the real problem happened earlier: notice that items 4 (4k-12k) and 5
(8k-12k) overlap. Both are prealloc extents. Item 4 straddles i_size and
item 5 starts at i_size.

Here is the state of
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.14.57 – < 4.15, 4.17 4.15

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 6.9.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.9.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.94-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1086.88 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-44.44 USN-6999-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1015.16 USN-6999-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1014.16 USN-7004-1, USN-6999-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1010.13 USN-6999-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm +2 6.8.0-1012.12 USN-6999-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1013.14 USN-7005-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1013.14.1 USN-7005-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1011.12 USN-6999-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-44.44.1 USN-6999-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-173.183 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1103.110 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1109.118 USN-8163-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1109.118.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1103.112 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1014.16~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1099.105 USN-8096-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1086.94 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-45.45~22.04.1 USN-7029-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1097.100 USN-8141-1, USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1012.12~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1098.104 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1095.100 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1098.99 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1 USN-7005-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1055.55 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1044.44 USN-8096-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1100.106 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-44.44.1~22.04.1 USN-7008-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1067.71 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2010.10 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1008.8 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1094.96 USN-8116-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1102.111 USN-8096-4
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1008.8~22.04.1 —
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-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1103.110+fips1 USN-8096-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1109.118+fips1 USN-8163-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-173.183+fips1 USN-8096-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1103.112+fips1 USN-8096-2
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-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 5.15.0-1103.110~20.04.1 USN-8096-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1 USN-8243-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1103.112~20.04.1 USN-8096-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1 USN-8096-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1098.104~20.04.1 USN-8096-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1 USN-8096-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1100.106~20.04.1 USN-8096-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1097.101~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +5 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2381-1
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 Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
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_2 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +1 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +8 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +9 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.94-99.176 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-683
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.94-99.176.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-683

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +18 5.15.0-317.197.5.1.el9uek ELSA-2026-50113

Advisories 31

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