In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix use-after-free after failure to create a snapshot
At ioctl.c:create_snapshot(), we allocate a pending snapshot structure and then attach it to the transaction's list of pending snapshots. After that we call btrfs_commit_transaction(), and if that returns an error we jump to 'fail' label, where we kfree() the pending snapshot structure. This can result in a later use-after-free of the pending snapshot:
1) We allocated the pending snapshot and added it to the transaction's list of pending snapshots;
2) We call btrfs_commit_transaction(), and it fails either at the first call to btrfs_run_delayed_refs() or btrfs_start_dirty_block_groups(). In both cases, we don't abort the transaction and we release our transaction handle. We jump to the 'fail' label and free the pending snapshot structure. We return with the pending snapshot still in the transaction's list;
3) Another task commits the transaction. This time there's no error at all, and then during the transaction commit it accesses a pointer to the pending snapshot structure that the snapshot creation task has already freed, resulting in a user-after-free.
This issue could actually be detected by smatch, which produced the following warning:
fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:843 create_snapshot() warn: '&pending_snapshot->list' not removed from list
So fix this by not having the snapshot creation ioctl directly add the pending snapshot to the transaction's list. Instead add the pending snapshot to the transaction handle, and then at btrfs_commit_transaction() we add the snapshot to the list only when we can guarantee that any error returned after that point will result in a transaction abort, in which case the ioctl code can safely free the pending snapshot and no one can access it anymore.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perfUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.226-214.879Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfo | Oct 3, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatchUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-rt-vdso | Aug 9, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1096-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-231-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1139-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-261-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1135-oracleUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-231-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-261-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1183-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1083-ibmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1138-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-202-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1055-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1175-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1176-awsUpgrade linux-image-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1168-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1124-kvmUpgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1142-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1136-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1120-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-202-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1140-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-202-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1158-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1137-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1045-iotUpgrade linux-image-ibm | Nov 19, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 22, 2025 | Jun 20, 2024 |
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