Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix error propagation of split bios

The purpose of btrfs_bbio_propagate_error() shall be propagating an error
of split bio to its original btrfs_bio, and tell the error to the upper
layer. However, it's not working well on some cases.

* Case 1. Immediate (or quick) end_bio with an error

When btrfs sends btrfs_bio to mirrored devices, btrfs calls
btrfs_bio_end_io() when all the mirroring bios are completed. If that
btrfs_bio was split, it is from btrfs_clone_bioset and its end_io function
is btrfs_orig_write_end_io. For this case, btrfs_bbio_propagate_error()
accesses the orig_bbio's bio context to increase the error count.

That works well in most cases. However, if the end_io is called enough
fast, orig_bbio's (remaining part after split) bio context may not be
properly set at that time. Since the bio context is set when the orig_bbio
(the last btrfs_bio) is sent to devices, that might be too late for earlier
split btrfs_bio's completion. That will result in NULL pointer
dereference.

That bug is easily reproducible by running btrfs/146 on zoned devices [1]
and it shows the following trace.

[1] You need raid-stripe-tree feature as it create "-d raid0 -m raid1" FS.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 13 Comm: kworker/u32:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-BTRFS-ZNS+ #474
Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-btrfs-5)
RIP: 0010:btrfs_bio_end_io+0xae/0xc0 [btrfs]
BTRFS error (device dm-0): bdev /dev/mapper/error-test errs: wr 2, rd 0, flush 0, corrupt 0, gen 0
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000006f248 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888005a7f080 RCX: ffffc9000006f1dc
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000a RDI: ffff888005a7f080
RBP: ffff888011dfc540 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffffffff82e508e0 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: ffff88800ddfbe58
R13: ffff888005a7f080 R14: ffff888005a7f158 R15: ffff888005a7f158
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ea80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000002e22006 CR4: 0000000000370ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x26
? page_fault_oops+0x13e/0x2b0
? _printk+0x58/0x73
? do_user_addr_fault+0x5f/0x750
? exc_page_fault+0x76/0x240
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
? btrfs_bio_end_io+0xae/0xc0 [btrfs]
? btrfs_log_dev_io_error+0x7f/0x90 [btrfs]
btrfs_orig_write_end_io+0x51/0x90 [btrfs]
dm_submit_bio+0x5c2/0xa50 [dm_mod]
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? blk_try_enter_queue+0x90/0x1e0
__submit_bio+0xe0/0x130
? ktime_get+0x10a/0x160
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x74/0x100
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x199/0x410
btrfs_submit_bio+0x7d/0x150 [btrfs]
btrfs_submit_chunk+0x1a1/0x6d0 [btrfs]
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x74/0x100
? __folio_start_writeback+0x10/0x2c0
btrfs_submit_bbio+0x1c/0x40 [btrfs]
submit_one_bio+0x44/0x60 [btrfs]
submit_extent_folio+0x13f/0x330 [btrfs]
? btrfs_set_range_writeback+0xa3/0xd0 [btrfs]
extent_writepage_io+0x18b/0x360 [btrfs]
extent_write_locked_range+0x17c/0x340 [btrfs]
? __pfx_end_bbio_data_write+0x10/0x10 [btrfs]
run_delalloc_cow+0x71/0xd0 [btrfs]
btrfs_run_delalloc_range+0x176/0x500 [btrfs]
? find_lock_delalloc_range+0x119/0x260 [btrfs]
writepage_delalloc+0x2ab/0x480 [btrfs]
extent_write_cache_pages+0x236/0x7d0 [btrfs]
btrfs_writepages+0x72/0x130 [btrfs]
do_writepages+0xd4/0x240
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode+0x12c/0x290
? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode+0x12c/0x29
---truncated---
Published: 2024-11-09
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-476
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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Sat, 09 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix error propagation of split bios The purpose of btrfs_bbio_propagate_error() shall be propagating an error of split bio to its original btrfs_bio, and tell the error to the upper layer. However, it's not working well on some cases. * Case 1. Immediate (or quick) end_bio with an error When btrfs sends btrfs_bio to mirrored devices, btrfs calls btrfs_bio_end_io() when all the mirroring bios are completed. If that btrfs_bio was split, it is from btrfs_clone_bioset and its end_io function is btrfs_orig_write_end_io. For this case, btrfs_bbio_propagate_error() accesses the orig_bbio's bio context to increase the error count. That works well in most cases. However, if the end_io is called enough fast, orig_bbio's (remaining part after split) bio context may not be properly set at that time. Since the bio context is set when the orig_bbio (the last btrfs_bio) is sent to devices, that might be too late for earlier split btrfs_bio's completion. That will result in NULL pointer dereference. That bug is easily reproducible by running btrfs/146 on zoned devices [1] and it shows the following trace. [1] You need raid-stripe-tree feature as it create "-d raid0 -m raid1" FS. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 13 Comm: kworker/u32:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-BTRFS-ZNS+ #474 Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-btrfs-5) RIP: 0010:btrfs_bio_end_io+0xae/0xc0 [btrfs] BTRFS error (device dm-0): bdev /dev/mapper/error-test errs: wr 2, rd 0, flush 0, corrupt 0, gen 0 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000006f248 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888005a7f080 RCX: ffffc9000006f1dc RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000a RDI: ffff888005a7f080 RBP: ffff888011dfc540 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffffffff82e508e0 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: ffff88800ddfbe58 R13: ffff888005a7f080 R14: ffff888005a7f158 R15: ffff888005a7f158 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ea80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000002e22006 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x26 ? page_fault_oops+0x13e/0x2b0 ? _printk+0x58/0x73 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x5f/0x750 ? exc_page_fault+0x76/0x240 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? btrfs_bio_end_io+0xae/0xc0 [btrfs] ? btrfs_log_dev_io_error+0x7f/0x90 [btrfs] btrfs_orig_write_end_io+0x51/0x90 [btrfs] dm_submit_bio+0x5c2/0xa50 [dm_mod] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? blk_try_enter_queue+0x90/0x1e0 __submit_bio+0xe0/0x130 ? ktime_get+0x10a/0x160 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x74/0x100 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x199/0x410 btrfs_submit_bio+0x7d/0x150 [btrfs] btrfs_submit_chunk+0x1a1/0x6d0 [btrfs] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x74/0x100 ? __folio_start_writeback+0x10/0x2c0 btrfs_submit_bbio+0x1c/0x40 [btrfs] submit_one_bio+0x44/0x60 [btrfs] submit_extent_folio+0x13f/0x330 [btrfs] ? btrfs_set_range_writeback+0xa3/0xd0 [btrfs] extent_writepage_io+0x18b/0x360 [btrfs] extent_write_locked_range+0x17c/0x340 [btrfs] ? __pfx_end_bbio_data_write+0x10/0x10 [btrfs] run_delalloc_cow+0x71/0xd0 [btrfs] btrfs_run_delalloc_range+0x176/0x500 [btrfs] ? find_lock_delalloc_range+0x119/0x260 [btrfs] writepage_delalloc+0x2ab/0x480 [btrfs] extent_write_cache_pages+0x236/0x7d0 [btrfs] btrfs_writepages+0x72/0x130 [btrfs] do_writepages+0xd4/0x240 ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode+0x12c/0x290 ? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode+0x12c/0x29 ---truncated---
Title btrfs: fix error propagation of split bios
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:47:49.400Z

Reserved: 2024-10-21T19:36:19.973Z

Link: CVE-2024-50225

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Updated: 2025-10-01T15:23:15.917Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-11-09T11:15:07.990

Modified: 2025-10-01T21:16:07.720

Link: CVE-2024-50225

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-11-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-50225 - Bugzilla

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