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 kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade python-perfUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.226-214.879Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perf-debuginfo | Oct 3, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatchUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-vdsoUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azure | Aug 9, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1142-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-202-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-202-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1137-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1120-raspiUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1136-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1158-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1140-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1124-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1176-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1175-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1045-iotUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1055-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1168-gcpUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1183-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1083-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1138-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-261-genericUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1135-oracleUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1096-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-261-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-231-genericUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1139-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-202-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-231-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04 | 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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