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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

High severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 14, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

btrfs: ref-verify: fix use-after-free after invalid ref action

At btrfs_ref_tree_mod() after we successfully inserted the new ref entry
(local variable 'ref') into the respective block entry's rbtree (local
variable 'be'), if we find an unexpected action of BTRFS_DROP_DELAYED_REF,
we error out and free the ref entry without removing it from the block
entry's rbtree. Then in the error path of btrfs_ref_tree_mod() we call
btrfs_free_ref_cache(), which iterates over all block entries and then
calls free_block_entry() for each one, and there we will trigger a
use-after-free when we are called against the block entry to which we
added the freed ref entry to its rbtree, since the rbtree still points
to the block entry, as we didn't remove it from the rbtree before freeing
it in the error path at btrfs_ref_tree_mod(). Fix this by removing the
new ref entry from the rbtree before freeing it.

Syzbot report this with the following stack traces:

BTRFS error (device loop0 state EA): Ref action 2, root 5, ref_root 0, parent 8564736, owner 0, offset 0, num_refs 18446744073709551615
__btrfs_mod_ref+0x7dd/0xac0 fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:2523
update_ref_for_cow+0x9cd/0x11f0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:512
btrfs_force_cow_block+0x9f6/0x1da0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:594
btrfs_cow_block+0x35e/0xa40 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:754
btrfs_search_slot+0xbdd/0x30d0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2116
btrfs_insert_empty_items+0x9c/0x1a0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:4314
btrfs_insert_empty_item fs/btrfs/ctree.h:669 [inline]
btrfs_insert_orphan_item+0x1f1/0x320 fs/btrfs/orphan.c:23
btrfs_orphan_add+0x6d/0x1a0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:3482
btrfs_unlink+0x267/0x350 fs/btrfs/inode.c:4293
vfs_unlink+0x365/0x650 fs/namei.c:4469
do_unlinkat+0x4ae/0x830 fs/namei.c:4533
__do_sys_unlinkat fs/namei.c:4576 [inline]
__se_sys_unlinkat fs/namei.c:4569 [inline]
__x64_sys_unlinkat+0xcc/0xf0 fs/namei.c:4569
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BTRFS error (device loop0 state EA): Ref action 1, root 5, ref_root 5, parent 0, owner 260, offset 0, num_refs 1
__btrfs_mod_ref+0x76b/0xac0 fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:2521
update_ref_for_cow+0x96a/0x11f0
btrfs_force_cow_block+0x9f6/0x1da0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:594
btrfs_cow_block+0x35e/0xa40 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:754
btrfs_search_slot+0xbdd/0x30d0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2116
btrfs_lookup_inode+0xdc/0x480 fs/btrfs/inode-item.c:411
__btrfs_update_delayed_inode+0x1e7/0xb90 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1030
btrfs_update_delayed_inode fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1114 [inline]
__btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items+0x2318/0x24a0 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1137
__btrfs_run_delayed_items+0x213/0x490 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1171
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x8a8/0x3740 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2313
prepare_to_relocate+0x3c4/0x4c0 fs/btrfs/relocation.c:3586
relocate_block_group+0x16c/0xd40 fs/btrfs/relocation.c:3611
btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x77d/0xd90 fs/btrfs/relocation.c:4081
btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x12c/0x3b0 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:3377
__btrfs_balance+0x1b0f/0x26b0 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:4161
btrfs_balance+0xbdc/0x10c0 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:4538
BTRFS error (device loop0 state EA): Ref action 2, root 5, ref_root 0, parent 8564736, owner 0, offset 0, num_refs 18446744073709551615
__btrfs_mod_ref+0x7dd/0xac0 fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:2523
update_ref_for_cow+0x9cd/0x11f0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:512
btrfs_force_cow_block+0x9f6/0x1da0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:594
btrfs_cow_block+0x35e/0xa40 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:754
btrfs_search_slot+0xbdd/0x30d0 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2116
btrfs_lookup_inode+0xdc/0x480 fs/btrfs/inode-item.c:411
__btrfs_update_delayed_inode+0x1e7/0xb90 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1030
btrfs_update_delayed_i
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2024
Last updated Jan 14, 2025

Severity

High

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
High
Integrity
High
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:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-56581

GHSA ID

GHSA-9xj5-r9g9-xvp9

Source code

No known source code

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