In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: zoned: fix calc_available_free_space() for zoned mode
calc_available_free_space() returns the total size of metadata (or system) block groups, which can be allocated from unallocated disk space. The logic is wrong on zoned mode in two places.
First, the calculation of data_chunk_size is wrong. We always allocate one zone as one chunk, and no partial allocation of a zone. So, we should use zone_size (= data_sinfo->chunk_size) as it is.
Second, the result "avail" may not be zone aligned. Since we always allocate one zone as one chunk on zoned mode, returning non-zone size aligned bytes will result in less pressure on the async metadata reclaim process.
This is serious for the nearly full state with a large zone size device. Allowing over-commit too much will result in less async reclaim work and end up in ENOSPC. We can align down to the zone size to avoid that.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-48-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-raspiUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-gcpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1018-awsUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-48-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-48-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-48-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04 | Nov 4, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
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