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FKIE_CVE-2026-64567

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-05 08:16 - Updated: 2026-08-19 17:20
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: reject free space cache with more entries than pages When loading a v1 free space cache, __load_free_space_cache() takes num_entries and num_bitmaps straight from the on-disk btrfs_free_space_header. That header is stored in the tree_root under a key with type 0, which the tree-checker has no case for, so neither count is validated before the load trusts it. The load loops num_entries times and maps the next page whenever the current one runs out, going through io_ctl_check_crc() -> io_ctl_map_page(), which does io_ctl->pages[io_ctl->index++]. But pages[] is allocated in io_ctl_init() from the cache inode's i_size, not from num_entries: num_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(i_size_read(inode), PAGE_SIZE); io_ctl->pages = kcalloc(num_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_NOFS); So if num_entries claims more records than the pages can hold, io_ctl->index runs off the end of pages[]. The write side never hits this because io_ctl_add_entry() and io_ctl_add_bitmap() both stop once io_ctl->index >= io_ctl->num_pages; the read side just never had the same check. To trigger it, take a clean cache (num_entries = <N> here), set num_entries in the header to 0x10000, and fix up the leaf checksum so it still passes the tree-checker. The cache inode has i_size = 65536, so num_pages is 16 and pages[] is a 16-pointer (kmalloc-128) array. The load now tries to read 65536 entries, io_ctl->index walks up to 16, and pages[16] is read past the array: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in io_ctl_check_crc (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:420 fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:565) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800c833a80 by task kworker/u8:3/58 io_ctl_check_crc (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:420 fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:565) __load_free_space_cache (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:655 fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:820) load_free_space_cache (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:1017) caching_thread (fs/btrfs/block-group.c:880) btrfs_work_helper (fs/btrfs/async-thread.c:312) process_one_work worker_thread kthread ret_from_fork free-space-cache.c:420 is io_ctl_map_page(), inlined into io_ctl_check_crc() at line 565, which is why that is the frame KASAN names. The out-of-bounds slot is then treated as a struct page and handed to crc32c(), so the bad read turns into a GP fault. Add the missing check to io_ctl_check_crc(), which is where both the entry loop and the bitmap loop end up. When num_entries is too large the load now fails like any corrupt cache: __load_free_space_cache() drops it and rebuilds the free space from the extent tree, so a valid cache is never rejected.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/094734c7aaa2b36751dc32480a680a4952685e78
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33878ba25e2638bc0c61623d7a05c9ca2b74c039
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/404a0b986e0b6e79738fdf1f0ebbbc43b9acd2a2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1b2ca6b34939e70fb0785e8222b53cf060016f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ded74c654a982dc8581a17b0caa7fcedb20de69
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d8d5647ed854e38f941741aea45b9eb15a6350
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9c38066b6446e83668c041702bb639b0ca49363
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9fef131fa3f59b857217f522fa5ea430d1b707c
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: reject free space cache with more entries than pages\n\nWhen loading a v1 free space cache, __load_free_space_cache() takes\nnum_entries and num_bitmaps straight from the on-disk\nbtrfs_free_space_header. That header is stored in the tree_root under a key\nwith type 0, which the tree-checker has no case for, so neither count is\nvalidated before the load trusts it.\n\nThe load loops num_entries times and maps the next page whenever the current\none runs out, going through io_ctl_check_crc() -\u003e io_ctl_map_page(), which\ndoes io_ctl-\u003epages[io_ctl-\u003eindex++]. But pages[] is allocated in\nio_ctl_init() from the cache inode\u0027s i_size, not from num_entries:\n\n\tnum_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(i_size_read(inode), PAGE_SIZE);\n\tio_ctl-\u003epages = kcalloc(num_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_NOFS);\n\nSo if num_entries claims more records than the pages can hold, io_ctl-\u003eindex\nruns off the end of pages[]. The write side never hits this because\nio_ctl_add_entry() and io_ctl_add_bitmap() both stop once\nio_ctl-\u003eindex \u003e= io_ctl-\u003enum_pages; the read side just never had the same\ncheck.\n\nTo trigger it, take a clean cache (num_entries = \u003cN\u003e here), set num_entries\nin the header to 0x10000, and fix up the leaf checksum so it still passes\nthe tree-checker. The cache inode has i_size = 65536, so num_pages is 16 and\npages[] is a 16-pointer (kmalloc-128) array. The load now tries to read\n65536 entries, io_ctl-\u003eindex walks up to 16, and pages[16] is read past the\narray:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in io_ctl_check_crc (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:420 fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:565)\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800c833a80 by task kworker/u8:3/58\n   io_ctl_check_crc (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:420 fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:565)\n   __load_free_space_cache (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:655 fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:820)\n   load_free_space_cache (fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c:1017)\n   caching_thread (fs/btrfs/block-group.c:880)\n   btrfs_work_helper (fs/btrfs/async-thread.c:312)\n   process_one_work\n   worker_thread\n   kthread\n   ret_from_fork\n\nfree-space-cache.c:420 is io_ctl_map_page(), inlined into io_ctl_check_crc()\nat line 565, which is why that is the frame KASAN names. The out-of-bounds\nslot is then treated as a struct page and handed to crc32c(), so the bad\nread turns into a GP fault.\n\nAdd the missing check to io_ctl_check_crc(), which is where both the entry\nloop and the bitmap loop end up. When num_entries is too large the load now\nfails like any corrupt cache: __load_free_space_cache() drops it and rebuilds\nthe free space from the extent tree, so a valid cache is never rejected."
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-19T17:20:16.587",
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