In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix qgroup reserve leaks in cow_file_range
In the buffered write path, the dirty page owns the qgroup reserve until it creates an ordered_extent.
Therefore, any errors that occur before the ordered_extent is created must free that reservation, or else the space is leaked. The fstest generic/475 exercises various IO error paths, and is able to trigger errors in cow_file_range where we fail to get to allocating the ordered extent. Note that because we *do* clear delalloc, we are likely to remove the inode from the delalloc list, so the inodes/pages to not have invalidate/launder called on them in the commit abort path.
This results in failures at the unmount stage of the test that look like:
BTRFS: error (device dm-8 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2018: errno=-5 IO failure BTRFS: error (device dm-8 state EA) in btrfs_replace_file_extents:2416: errno=-5 IO failure BTRFS warning (device dm-8 state EA): qgroup 0/5 has unreleased space, type 0 rsv 28672 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 22588 at fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:4333 close_ctree+0x222/0x4d0 [btrfs] Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic libcrc32c xor zstd_compress raid6_pq CPU: 3 PID: 22588 Comm: umount Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc7-gab56fde445b8 #21 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:close_ctree+0x222/0x4d0 [btrfs] RSP: 0018:ffffb4465283be00 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffa1a1818e1000 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffb4465283bbe0 RDI: ffffa1a19374fcb8 RBP: ffffa1a1818e13c0 R08: 0000000100028b16 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffffa1a18ad7972c R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f9168312b80(0000) GS:ffffa1a4afcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f91683c9140 CR3: 000000010acaa000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? close_ctree+0x222/0x4d0 [btrfs] ? __warn.cold+0x8e/0xea ? close_ctree+0x222/0x4d0 [btrfs] ? report_bug+0xff/0x140 ? handle_bug+0x3b/0x70 ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 ? close_ctree+0x222/0x4d0 [btrfs] generic_shutdown_super+0x70/0x160 kill_anon_super+0x11/0x40 btrfs_kill_super+0x11/0x20 [btrfs] deactivate_locked_super+0x2e/0xa0 cleanup_mnt+0xb5/0x150 task_work_run+0x57/0x80 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x121/0x130 do_syscall_64+0xab/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f916847a887 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS error (device dm-8 state EA): qgroup reserved space leaked
Cases 2 and 3 in the out_reserve path both pertain to this type of leak and must free the reserved qgroup data. Because it is already an error path, I opted not to handle the possible errors in btrfs_free_qgroup_data.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.140-154.222Upgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 | Aug 5, 2025 | Sep 18, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Apr 29, 2025 | Sep 18, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-tools | Dec 12, 2024 | Sep 18, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 18, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-rt-vdsoUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade kselftests-kmp-64kbUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade dtb-sprdUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-64kbUpgrade dtb-qcomUpgrade dtb-rockchipUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade dtb-freescaleUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-default-base-rebuildUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade dtb-alteraUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade dlm-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade dtb-amlogicUpgrade dtb-marvellUpgrade kernel-debug-vdsoUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade dtb-nvidiaUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-appleUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade dtb-socionextUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-broadcomUpgrade dtb-lgUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-mediatekUpgrade dtb-amdUpgrade dtb-caviumUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-default-optionalUpgrade dtb-renesasUpgrade dtb-apmUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade gfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kselftests-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-default-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade dtb-armUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-hisiliconUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade dtb-amazonUpgrade dtb-allwinnerUpgrade dtb-xilinxUpgrade dtb-exynosUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-64kb-optionalUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-syms | Dec 5, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oemUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracleUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fde | Dec 13, 2024 | Sep 18, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Sep 18, 2024 |
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