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btrfs: release correct delalloc amount in direct IO write path

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: release correct delalloc amount in direct IO write path Running generic/406 causes the following WARNING in btrfs_destroy_inode() which tells there are outstanding extents left. In btrfs_get_blocks_direct_write(), we reserve a temporary outstanding extents with btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata() (or indirectly from btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(()). We then release the outstanding extents with btrfs_delalloc_release_extents(). However, the "len" can be modified in the COW case, which releases fewer outstanding extents than expected. Fix it by calling btrfs_delalloc_release_extents() for the original length. To reproduce the warning, the filesystem should be 1 GiB. It's triggering a short-write, due to not being able to allocate a large extent and instead allocating a smaller one. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 757 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8848 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1e6/0x210 [btrfs] Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic xor lzo_compress lzo_decompress raid6_pq zstd zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash zram zsmalloc CPU: 0 PID: 757 Comm: umount Not tainted 5.17.0-rc8+ #101 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS d55cb5a 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1e6/0x210 [btrfs] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000327bda8 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888100548b78 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000026900 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888100548b78 RBP: ffff888100548940 R08: 0000000000000000 R

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.35, 5.17.4
CVEs
CVE-2022-49068
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 16:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

btrfs: release correct delalloc amount in direct IO write path

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Feb 2025, 01:54 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: release correct delalloc amount in direct IO write path Running generic/406 causes the following WARNING in btrfs_destroy_inode() which tells there are outstanding extents left. In btrfs_get_blocks_direct_write(), we reserve a temporary outstanding extents with btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata() (or indirectly from btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(()). We then release the outstanding extents with btrfs_delalloc_release_extents(). However, the "len" can be modified in the COW case, which releases fewer outstanding extents than expected. Fix it by calling btrfs_delalloc_release_extents() for the original length. To reproduce the warning, the filesystem should be 1 GiB. It's triggering a short-write, due to not being able to allocate a large extent and instead allocating a smaller one. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 757 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:8848 btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1e6/0x210 [btrfs] Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic xor lzo_compress lzo_decompress raid6_pq zstd zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash zram zsmalloc CPU: 0 PID: 757 Comm: umount Not tainted 5.17.0-rc8+ #101 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS d55cb5a 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:btrfs_destroy_inode+0x1e6/0x210 [btrfs] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000327bda8 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888100548b78 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000026900 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888100548b78 RBP: ffff888100548940 R08: 0000000000000000 R

osv:CVE-2022-49068

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.35, 5.17.4

Complete source record
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