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btrfs: fix racy bitfield write in btrfs_clear_space_info_full()

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

btrfs: fix racy bitfield write in btrfs_clear_space_info_full()

From the memory-barriers.txt document regarding memory barrier ordering
guarantees:

(*) These guarantees do not apply to bitfields, because compilers often
generate code to modify these using non-atomic read-modify-write
sequences. Do not attempt to use bitfields to synchronize parallel
algorithms.

(*) Even in cases where bitfields are protected by locks, all fields
in a given bitfield must be protected by one lock. If two fields
in a given bitfield are protected by different locks, the compiler's
non-atomic read-modify-write sequences can cause an update to one
field to corrupt the value of an adjacent field.

btrfs_space_info has a bitfield sharing an underlying word consisting of
the fields full, chunk_alloc, and flush:

struct btrfs_space_info {
struct btrfs_fs_info * fs_info; /* 0 8 */
struct btrfs_space_info * parent; /* 8 8 */
...
int clamp; /* 172 4 */
unsigned int full:1; /* 176: 0 4 */
unsigned int chunk_alloc:1; /* 176: 1 4 */
unsigned int flush:1; /* 176: 2 4 */
...

Therefore, to be safe from parallel read-modify-writes losing a write to
one of the bitfield members protected by a lock, all writes to all the
bitfields must use the lock. They almost universally do, except for
btrfs_clear_space_info_full() which iterates over the space_infos and
writes out found->full = 0 without a lock.

Imagine that we have one thread completing a transaction in which we
finished deleting a block_group and are thus calling
btrfs_clear_space_info_full() while simultaneously the data reclaim
ticket infrastructure is running do_async_reclaim_data_space():

T1 T2
btrfs_commit_transaction
btrfs_clear_space_info_full
data_sinfo->full = 0
READ: full:0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:1
do_async_reclaim_data_space(data_sinfo)
spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
if(list_empty(tickets))
space_info->flush = 0;
READ: full: 0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:1
MOD/WRITE: full: 0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:0
spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
return;
MOD/WRITE: full:0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:1

and now data_sinfo->flush is 1 but the reclaim worker has exited. This
breaks the invariant that flush is 0 iff there is no work queued or
running. Once this invariant is violated, future allocations that go
into __reserve_bytes() will add tickets to space_info->tickets but will
see space_info->flush is set to 1 and not queue the work. After this,
they will block forever on the resulting ticket, as it is now impossible
to kick the worker again.

I also confirmed by looking at the assembly of the affected kernel that
it is doing RMW operations. For example, to set the flush (3rd) bit to 0,
the assembly is:
andb $0xfb,0x60(%rbx)
and similarly for setting the full (1st) bit to 0:
andb $0xfe,-0x20(%rax)

So I think this is really a bug on practical systems. I have observed
a number of systems in this exact state, but am currently unable to
reproduce it.

Rather than leaving this footgun lying around for the future, take
advantage of the fact that there is room in the struct anyway, and that
it is already quite large and simply change the three bitfield members to
bools. This avoids writes to space_info->full having any effect on
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.8 5.15.201

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 6.17.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.69-1 DSA-6126-1
Debian 12 linux 6.1.164-1 DSA-6163-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 DLA-4499-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1096.98 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-19.19 USN-8094-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +2 6.17.0-1009.9 USN-8094-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure +1 6.17.0-1010.10 USN-8094-5, USN-8094-4
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1008.9 USN-8094-2
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-19.19.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-117.117 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1055.58 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2 USN-8094-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1056.62 USN-8278-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1 USN-8094-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1058.65 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1058.61 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3 USN-8094-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1054.60 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1041.44 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2 USN-8094-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1055.56 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-117.117.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1054.57 USN-8289-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1018.18 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1054.57.1 USN-8289-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-8296-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1017.17 USN-8152-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1054.55 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1 USN-8094-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1056.60 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +18 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1032.33 USN-8499-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-186.196 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1112.119 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure +1 5.15.0-1117.126 USN-8610-1, USN-8575-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1 USN-8440-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1112.122 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1108.114 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1095.103 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-124.124~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1106.110 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1055.56~22.04.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1107.113 USN-8620-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1104.109 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-184.194 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-117.117.1~22.04.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1107.108 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 USN-8289-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1064.66 USN-8576-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1053.53 USN-8576-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1109.115 USN-8575-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1054.55~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1106.109 USN-8668-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-117.117~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1075.79 USN-8575-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2045.46 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1051.52 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1 USN-8094-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1104.106 USN-8620-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1111.120 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1051.52~22.04.1 USN-8278-1
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-aws-fips 6.8.0-1055.58+fips1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1059.65+fips1 USN-8393-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-116.116+fips1 USN-8296-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1 USN-8620-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-186.196+fips1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1 USN-8575-1
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 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1 USN-8668-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1 USN-8597-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1 USN-8620-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1 USN-8576-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1 USN-8620-1
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 SP7 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3 SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3.150700.17.49.2 SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-obs-build 6.4.0-150700.53.87.2 SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-syms 6.4.0-150700.53.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.336.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4892-1
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-159998.54.1.159998.21.39 SUSE-SU-2026:24379-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-159998.54.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24553-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24379-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-159998.54.1.159998.21.40 SUSE-SU-2026:24371-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-159998.54.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24473-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24371-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3 SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_22 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4940-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_23 1-150700.15.3.2 SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.336.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4892-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_89 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4892-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4940-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.18.5-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10039-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.18.16-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22 openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.38.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.68-92.122 +1 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1491, ALAS2023-2026-1455
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 1:6.1.164-196.303.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1491
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +14 1:6.12.68-92.122.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1455

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.126.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-200.74.27.el10uek ELSA-2026-50372, ELSA-2026-50232, ELSA-2026-50160

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