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CVE-2026-53284 (GCVE-0-2026-53284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 19:40 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:34

Title

btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes [WARNING] With extra warning on dirty extent buffers at umount (aka, the next patch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the following warning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time: BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction. BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA): Transaction 9 aborted (error -30) BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068: errno=-30 Readonly filesystem BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8: umount/914368 CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372 PREEMPT(full) 2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK> close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd] generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0 kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40 btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd] deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0 cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140 task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0 do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30621696 owner 257 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30638080 owner 258 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30654464 owner 7 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30703616 owner 2 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30720000 owner 10 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30736384 owner 4 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30752768 owner 11 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 I'm using a stripped down version, which seems to trigger the warning more reliably: _fsstress_pid="" workload() { dmesg -C mkfs.btrfs -f -K $dev > /dev/null echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once mount $dev $mnt $fsstress -w -n 1024 -p 4 -d $mnt & _fsstress_pid=$! sleep 0 $godown $mnt pkill --echo -PIPE fsstress > /dev/null wait $_fsstress_pid unset _fsstress_pid umount $mnt if dmesg | grep -q "WARNING"; then fail fi } for (( i = 0; i < $runtime; i++ )); do echo "=== $i/$runtime ===" workload done [CAUSE] Inside btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(), we first try to write all dirty ebs, then wait for them to finish. After that we call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to free all extent states from dirty_pages io tree. However if we hit an error from btrfs_write_marked_extent(), then we still call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to clear that dirty_pages io tree, which may contain dirty records that we haven't yet submitted. Furthermore, the later transaction cleanup path will utilize that dirty_pages io tree to properly cleanup those dirty ebs, but since it's already empty, no dirty ebs are properly cleaned up, thus will later trigger the warnings inside invalidate_btree_folios(). ---truncated---

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ebb7eba1237dc198…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df03d67dc63722845…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4066c55e109475a06…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Linux	Linux	Affected: 663dfbb07774e0fe1049e8db3054a08500122f18 , < 9ebb7eba1237dc198768b9c76506a79f924c82bb (git) Affected: 663dfbb07774e0fe1049e8db3054a08500122f18 , < df03d67dc63722845cb9fe59d815d1225b04fd54 (git) Affected: 663dfbb07774e0fe1049e8db3054a08500122f18 , < 4066c55e109475a06d18a1f127c939d551211956 (git)	guessed
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.33 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)	guessed

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            "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes\n\n[WARNING]\nWith extra warning on dirty extent buffers at umount (aka, the next\npatch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the following\nwarning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time:\n\n  BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown\n  BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.\n  BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA): Transaction 9 aborted (error -30)\n  BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068: errno=-30 Readonly filesystem\n  BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly\n  BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8: umount/914368\n  CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G           OE       7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372 PREEMPT(full)  2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\n  RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs]\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]\n   generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0\n   kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40\n   btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]\n   deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0\n   cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140\n   task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0\n   exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0\n   do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n   \u003c/TASK\u003e\n  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30621696 owner 257 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30638080 owner 258 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30654464 owner 7 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30703616 owner 2 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30720000 owner 10 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30736384 owner 4 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n  BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30752768 owner 11 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7\n\nI\u0027m using a stripped down version, which seems to trigger the warning\nmore reliably:\n\n  _fsstress_pid=\"\"\n  workload()\n  {\n  \tdmesg -C\n  \tmkfs.btrfs -f -K $dev \u003e /dev/null\n  \techo 1 \u003e /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once\n  \tmount $dev $mnt\n  \t$fsstress -w -n 1024 -p 4 -d $mnt \u0026\n  \t_fsstress_pid=$!\n  \tsleep 0\n  \t$godown $mnt\n  \tpkill --echo -PIPE fsstress \u003e /dev/null\n  \twait $_fsstress_pid\n  \tunset _fsstress_pid\n  \tumount $mnt\n\n  \tif dmesg | grep -q \"WARNING\"; then\n  \t\tfail\n  \tfi\n  }\n\n  for (( i = 0; i \u003c $runtime; i++ )); do\n  \techo \"=== $i/$runtime ===\"\n  \tworkload\n  done\n\n[CAUSE]\nInside btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(), we first try to write all\ndirty ebs, then wait for them to finish.\n\nAfter that we call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to free all\nextent states from dirty_pages io tree.\n\nHowever if we hit an error from btrfs_write_marked_extent(), then we\nstill call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to clear that dirty_pages io\ntree, which may contain dirty records that we haven\u0027t yet submitted.\n\nFurthermore, the later transaction cleanup path will utilize that\ndirty_pages io tree to properly cleanup those dirty ebs, but since it\u0027s\nalready empty, no dirty ebs are properly cleaned up, thus will later\ntrigger the warnings inside invalidate_btree_folios().\n---truncated---"
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2026-53284",
        "lastModified": "2026-07-08T03:56:34.357",
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                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 7.5,
                "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                "integrityImpact": "NONE",
                "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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        "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-476"
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            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "kernel: btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes",
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}

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