CVE-2024-43885

2024-08-2600:00:00

ubuntu.com

linux kernel

btrfs fix

direct io sync writes

vulnerability

inode

unlocking

sync write

flush

delalloc

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

Low

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix double inode unlock for direct IO sync writes
If we do a direct IO sync write, at btrfs_sync_file(), and we need to skip
inode logging or we get an error starting a transaction or an error when
flushing delalloc, we end up unlocking the inode when we shouldn’t under
the ‘out_release_extents’ label, and then unlock it again at
btrfs_direct_write().
Fix that by checking if we have to skip inode unlocking under that label.