In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix use-after-free in btrfs_encoded_read_endio()
Shinichiro reported the following use-after free that sometimes is happening in our CI system when running fstests' btrfs/284 on a TCMU runner device:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lock_release+0x708/0x780 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888106a83f18 by task kworker/u80:6/219
CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 219 Comm: kworker/u80:6 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-kts+ #15 Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/X11SPi-TF, BIOS 3.3 02/21/2020 Workqueue: btrfs-endio btrfs_end_bio_work [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xa0 ? lock_release+0x708/0x780 print_report+0x174/0x505 ? lock_release+0x708/0x780 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x410 ? lock_release+0x708/0x780 kasan_report+0xda/0x1b0 ? lock_release+0x708/0x780 ? __wake_up+0x44/0x60 lock_release+0x708/0x780 ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 ? lock_is_held_type+0x9a/0x110 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1f/0x60 __wake_up+0x44/0x60 btrfs_encoded_read_endio+0x14b/0x190 [btrfs] btrfs_check_read_bio+0x8d9/0x1360 [btrfs] ? lock_release+0x1b0/0x780 ? trace_lock_acquire+0x12f/0x1a0 ? __pfx_btrfs_check_read_bio+0x10/0x10 [btrfs] ? process_one_work+0x7e3/0x1460 ? lock_acquire+0x31/0xc0 ? process_one_work+0x7e3/0x1460 process_one_work+0x85c/0x1460 ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 ? assign_work+0x16c/0x240 worker_thread+0x5e6/0xfc0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x2c3/0x3a0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x70 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>
Allocated by task 3661: kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 btrfs_encoded_read_regular_fill_pages+0x16c/0x6d0 [btrfs] send_extent_data+0xf0f/0x24a0 [btrfs] process_extent+0x48a/0x1830 [btrfs] changed_cb+0x178b/0x2ea0 [btrfs] btrfs_ioctl_send+0x3bf9/0x5c20 [btrfs] _btrfs_ioctl_send+0x117/0x330 [btrfs] btrfs_ioctl+0x184a/0x60a0 [btrfs] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x12e/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Freed by task 3661: kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 __kasan_slab_free+0x4f/0x70 kfree+0x143/0x490 btrfs_encoded_read_regular_fill_pages+0x531/0x6d0 [btrfs] send_extent_data+0xf0f/0x24a0 [btrfs] process_extent+0x48a/0x1830 [btrfs] changed_cb+0x178b/0x2ea0 [btrfs] btrfs_ioctl_send+0x3bf9/0x5c20 [btrfs] _btrfs_ioctl_send+0x117/0x330 [btrfs] btrfs_ioctl+0x184a/0x60a0 [btrfs] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x12e/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888106a83f00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-rnd-07-96 of size 96 The buggy address is located 24 bytes inside of freed 96-byte region [ffff888106a83f00, ffff888106a83f60)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff888106a83800 pfn:0x106a83 flags: 0x17ffffc0000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 0017ffffc0000000 ffff888100053680 ffffea0004917200 0000000000000004 raw: ffff888106a83800 0000000080200019 00000001f5000000 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888106a83e00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc ffff888106a83e80: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc >ffff888106a83f00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc ^ ffff888106a83f80: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc ffff888106a84000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ==================================================================
Further analyzing the trace and ---truncated---
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.124-134.200Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-modules-extra-common | Mar 10, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Feb 10, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-ibmUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oemUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1007-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-gcpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1018-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-raspiUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2023-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1021-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidia-lowlatency-64k | Mar 28, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 29, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
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