CVE-2023-54067

{
  "id": "CVE-2023-54067",
  "cveTags": [],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "type": "Secondary",
        "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "cvssData": {
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "version": "3.1",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "impactScore": 5.9,
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8
      }
    ]
  },
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "a5ed91828518ab076209266c2bc510adabd078df",
              "lessThan": "6f1c81886b0b56cb88b311e5d2f203625474d892",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "a5ed91828518ab076209266c2bc510adabd078df",
              "lessThan": "8ce9139aea5e60a247bde5af804312f54975f443",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "a5ed91828518ab076209266c2bc510adabd078df",
              "lessThan": "babebf023e661b90b1c78b2baa384fb03a226879",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
        },
        {
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "4.5"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "4.5",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.1.39",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.4.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.5",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
            }
          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "published": "2025-12-24T13:16:08.540",
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1c81886b0b56cb88b311e5d2f203625474d892",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ce9139aea5e60a247bde5af804312f54975f443",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/babebf023e661b90b1c78b2baa384fb03a226879",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix race when deleting free space root from the dirty cow roots list\n\nWhen deleting the free space tree we are deleting the free space root\nfrom the list fs_info->dirty_cowonly_roots without taking the lock that\nprotects it, which is struct btrfs_fs_info::trans_lock.\nThis unsynchronized list manipulation may cause chaos if there's another\nconcurrent manipulation of this list, such as when adding a root to it\nwith ctree.c:add_root_to_dirty_list().\n\nThis can result in all sorts of weird failures caused by a race, such as\nthe following crash:\n\n  [337571.278245] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000108: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\n  [337571.278933] CPU: 1 PID: 115447 Comm: btrfs Tainted: G        W          6.4.0-rc6-btrfs-next-134+ #1\n  [337571.279153] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n  [337571.279572] RIP: 0010:commit_cowonly_roots+0x11f/0x250 [btrfs]\n  [337571.279928] Code: 85 38 06 00 (...)\n  [337571.280363] RSP: 0018:ffff9f63446efba0 EFLAGS: 00010206\n  [337571.280582] RAX: ffff942d98ec2638 RBX: ffff9430b82b4c30 RCX: 0000000449e1c000\n  [337571.280798] RDX: dead000000000100 RSI: ffff9430021e4900 RDI: 0000000000036070\n  [337571.281015] RBP: ffff942d98ec2000 R08: ffff942d98ec2000 R09: 000000000000015b\n  [337571.281254] R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff942fe8fbf600\n  [337571.281476] R13: ffff942dabe23040 R14: ffff942dabe20800 R15: ffff942d92cf3b48\n  [337571.281723] FS:  00007f478adb7340(0000) GS:ffff94349fa40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n  [337571.281950] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n  [337571.282184] CR2: 00007f478ab9a3d5 CR3: 000000001e02c001 CR4: 0000000000370ee0\n  [337571.282416] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n  [337571.282647] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n  [337571.282874] Call Trace:\n  [337571.283101]  <TASK>\n  [337571.283327]  ? __die_body+0x1b/0x60\n  [337571.283570]  ? die_addr+0x39/0x60\n  [337571.283796]  ? exc_general_protection+0x22e/0x430\n  [337571.284022]  ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30\n  [337571.284251]  ? commit_cowonly_roots+0x11f/0x250 [btrfs]\n  [337571.284531]  btrfs_commit_transaction+0x42e/0xf90 [btrfs]\n  [337571.284803]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x30\n  [337571.285031]  ? release_extent_buffer+0x103/0x130 [btrfs]\n  [337571.285305]  reset_balance_state+0x152/0x1b0 [btrfs]\n  [337571.285578]  btrfs_balance+0xa50/0x11e0 [btrfs]\n  [337571.285864]  ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14a/0x410\n  [337571.286086]  btrfs_ioctl+0x249a/0x3320 [btrfs]\n  [337571.286358]  ? mod_objcg_state+0xd2/0x360\n  [337571.286577]  ? refill_obj_stock+0xb0/0x160\n  [337571.286798]  ? seq_release+0x25/0x30\n  [337571.287016]  ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x3ba/0x4b0\n  [337571.287235]  ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2e/0xa0\n  [337571.287455]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0\n  [337571.287675]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0\n  [337571.287901]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90\n  [337571.288126]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n  [337571.288352] RIP: 0033:0x7f478aaffe9b\n\nSo fix this by locking struct btrfs_fs_info::trans_lock before deleting\nthe free space root from that list."
    }
  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-08-04T10:19:27.230",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}