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CVE-2024-44972

btrfs: do not clear page dirty inside extent_write_locked_range()

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not clear page dirty inside extent_write_locked_range() [BUG]
For subpage + zoned case, the following workload can lead to rsv data
leak at unmount time: # mkfs.btrfs -f -s 4k $dev # mount $dev $mnt # fsstress -w -n 8 -d $mnt -s 1709539240 0/0: fiemap - no filename 0/1: copyrange read - no filename 0/2: write - no filename 0/3: rename - no source filename 0/4: creat f0 x:0 0 0 0/4: creat add id=0,parent=-1 0/5: writev f0[259 1 0 0 0 0] [778052,113,965] 0 0/6: ioctl(FIEMAP) f0[259 1 0 0 224 887097] [1294220,2291618343991484791,0x10000] -1 0/7: dwrite - xfsctl(XFS_IOC_DIOINFO) f0[259 1 0 0 224 887097] return 25, fallback to stat() 0/7: dwrite f0[259 1 0 0 224 887097] [696320,102400] 0 # umount $mnt The dmesg includes the following rsv leak detection warning (all call
trace skipped): ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8653 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1e0/0x200 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8654 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1a8/0x200 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8660 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1a0/0x200 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS info (device sda): last unmount of filesystem 1b4abba9-de34-4f07-9e7f-157cf12a18d6 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/block-group.c:4434 btrfs_free_block_groups+0x338/0x500 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS info (device sda): space_info DATA has 268218368 free, is not full BTRFS info (device sda): space_info total=268435456, used=204800, pinned=0, reserved=0, may_use=12288, readonly=0 zone_unusable=0 BTRFS info (device sda): global_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): trans_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): chunk_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_refs_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/block-group.c:4434 btrfs_free_block_groups+0x338/0x500 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS info (device sda): space_info METADATA has 267796480 free, is not full BTRFS info (device sda): space_info total=268435456, used=131072, pinned=0, reserved=0, may_use=262144, readonly=0 zone_unusable=245760 BTRFS info (device sda): global_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): trans_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): chunk_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_refs_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 Above $dev is a tcmu-runner emulated zoned HDD, which has a max zone
append size of 64K, and the system has 64K page size. [CAUSE]
I have added several trace_printk() to show the events (header skipped): > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty start=774144 len=114688 > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty part of page=720896 off_in_page=53248 len_in_page=12288 > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty part of page=786432 off_in_page=0 len_in_page=65536 > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty part of page=851968 off_in_page=0 len_in_page=36864 The above lines show our buffered write has dirtied 3 pages of inode
259 of root 5: 704K 768K 832K 896K I |////I/////////////////I///////////| I 756K 868K |///| is the dirtied range using subpage bitmaps. and 'I' is the page boundary. Meanwhile all three pages (704K, 768K, 832K) have their PageDirty flag set. > btrfs_direct_write: r/i=5/259 start dio filepos=696320 len=102400 Then direct IO writ
---truncated---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not clear page dirty inside extent_write_locked_range() [BUG] For subpage + zoned case, the following workload can lead to rsv data leak at unmount time: # mkfs.btrfs -f -s 4k $dev # mount $dev $mnt # fsstress -w -n 8 -d $mnt -s 1709539240 0/0: fiemap - no filename 0/1: copyrange read - no filename 0/2: write - no filename 0/3: rename - no source filename 0/4: creat f0 x:0 0 0 0/4: creat add id=0,parent=-1 0/5: writev f0[259 1 0 0 0 0] [778052,113,965] 0 0/6: ioctl(FIEMAP) f0[259 1 0 0 224 887097] [1294220,2291618343991484791,0x10000] -1 0/7: dwrite - xfsctl(XFS_IOC_DIOINFO) f0[259 1 0 0 224 887097] return 25, fallback to stat() 0/7: dwrite f0[259 1 0 0 224 887097] [696320,102400] 0 # umount $mnt The dmesg includes the following rsv leak detection warning (all call trace skipped): ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8653 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1e0/0x200 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8654 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1a8/0x200 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8660 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1a0/0x200 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS info (device sda): last unmount of filesystem 1b4abba9-de34-4f07-9e7f-157cf12a18d6 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/block-group.c:4434 btrfs_free_block_groups+0x338/0x500 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS info (device sda): space_info DATA has 268218368 free, is not full BTRFS info (device sda): space_info total=268435456, used=204800, pinned=0, reserved=0, may_use=12288, readonly=0 zone_unusable=0 BTRFS info (device sda): global_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): trans_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): chunk_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_refs_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4528 at fs/btrfs/block-group.c:4434 btrfs_free_block_groups+0x338/0x500 [btrfs] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS info (device sda): space_info METADATA has 267796480 free, is not full BTRFS info (device sda): space_info total=268435456, used=131072, pinned=0, reserved=0, may_use=262144, readonly=0 zone_unusable=245760 BTRFS info (device sda): global_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): trans_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): chunk_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_block_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 BTRFS info (device sda): delayed_refs_rsv: size 0 reserved 0 Above $dev is a tcmu-runner emulated zoned HDD, which has a max zone append size of 64K, and the system has 64K page size. [CAUSE] I have added several trace_printk() to show the events (header skipped): > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty start=774144 len=114688 > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty part of page=720896 off_in_page=53248 len_in_page=12288 > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty part of page=786432 off_in_page=0 len_in_page=65536 > btrfs_dirty_pages: r/i=5/259 dirty part of page=851968 off_in_page=0 len_in_page=36864 The above lines show our buffered write has dirtied 3 pages of inode 259 of root 5: 704K 768K 832K 896K I |////I/////////////////I///////////| I 756K 868K |///| is the dirtied range using subpage bitmaps. and 'I' is the page boundary. Meanwhile all three pages (704K, 768K, 832K) have their PageDirty flag set. > btrfs_direct_write: r/i=5/259 start dio filepos=696320 len=102400 Then direct IO writ ---truncated---

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-08-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-09-04 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-18 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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< 6.6.46
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Linux
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< 6.10.5
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Linux
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< 6.11
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