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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Nov 9, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 13, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

btrfs: fix error propagation of split bios

The purpose of btrfs_bbio_propagate_error() shall be propagating an error
of split bio to its original btrfs_bio, and tell the error to the upper
layer. However, it's not working well on some cases.

  • Case 1. Immediate (or quick) end_bio with an error

When btrfs sends btrfs_bio to mirrored devices, btrfs calls
btrfs_bio_end_io() when all the mirroring bios are completed. If that
btrfs_bio was split, it is from btrfs_clone_bioset and its end_io function
is btrfs_orig_write_end_io. For this case, btrfs_bbio_propagate_error()
accesses the orig_bbio's bio context to increase the error count.

That works well in most cases. However, if the end_io is called enough
fast, orig_bbio's (remaining part after split) bio context may not be
properly set at that time. Since the bio context is set when the orig_bbio
(the last btrfs_bio) is sent to devices, that might be too late for earlier
split btrfs_bio's completion. That will result in NULL pointer
dereference.

That bug is easily reproducible by running btrfs/146 on zoned devices [1]
and it shows the following trace.

[1] You need raid-stripe-tree feature as it create "-d raid0 -m raid1" FS.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 13 Comm: kworker/u32:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-BTRFS-ZNS+ #474
Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-btrfs-5)
RIP: 0010:btrfs_bio_end_io+0xae/0xc0 [btrfs]
BTRFS error (device dm-0): bdev /dev/mapper/error-test errs: wr 2, rd 0, flush 0, corrupt 0, gen 0
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000006f248 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888005a7f080 RCX: ffffc9000006f1dc
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000a RDI: ffff888005a7f080
RBP: ffff888011dfc540 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffffffff82e508e0 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: ffff88800ddfbe58
R13: ffff888005a7f080 R14: ffff888005a7f158 R15: ffff888005a7f158
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ea80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000002e22006 CR4: 0000000000370ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:

? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x26
? page_fault_oops+0x13e/0x2b0
? _printk+0x58/0x73
? do_user_addr_fault+0x5f/0x750
? exc_page_fault+0x76/0x240
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
? btrfs_bio_end_io+0xae/0xc0 [btrfs]
? btrfs_log_dev_io_error+0x7f/0x90 [btrfs]
btrfs_orig_write_end_io+0x51/0x90 [btrfs]
dm_submit_bio+0x5c2/0xa50 [dm_mod]
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? blk_try_enter_queue+0x90/0x1e0
__submit_bio+0xe0/0x130
? ktime_get+0x10a/0x160
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x74/0x100
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x199/0x410
btrfs_submit_bio+0x7d/0x150 [btrfs]
btrfs_submit_chunk+0x1a1/0x6d0 [btrfs]
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x74/0x100
? __folio_start_writeback+0x10/0x2c0
btrfs_submit_bbio+0x1c/0x40 [btrfs]
submit_one_bio+0x44/0x60 [btrfs]
submit_extent_folio+0x13f/0x330 [btrfs]
? btrfs_set_range_writeback+0xa3/0xd0 [btrfs]
extent_writepage_io+0x18b/0x360 [btrfs]
extent_write_locked_range+0x17c/0x340 [btrfs]
? __pfx_end_bbio_data_write+0x10/0x10 [btrfs]
run_delalloc_cow+0x71/0xd0 [btrfs]
btrfs_run_delalloc_range+0x176/0x500 [btrfs]
? find_lock_delalloc_range+0x119/0x260 [btrfs]
writepage_delalloc+0x2ab/0x480 [btrfs]
extent_write_cache_pages+0x236/0x7d0 [btrfs]
btrfs_writepages+0x72/0x130 [btrfs]
do_writepages+0xd4/0x240
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode+0x12c/0x290
? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode+0x12c/0x29
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 9, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 9, 2024
Last updated Nov 13, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.043%
(10th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-50225

GHSA ID

GHSA-wv8w-2qgf-xxfj

Source code

No known source code

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