CVE-2024-46840
btrfs: clean up our handling of refs == 0 in snapshot delete
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 27, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: clean up our handling of refs == 0 in snapshot delete
In reada we BUG_ON(refs == 0), which could be unkind since we aren't holding a lock on the extent leaf and thus could get a transient incorrect answer. In walk_down_proc we also BUG_ON(refs == 0), which could happen if we have extent tree corruption. Change that to return -EUCLEAN. In do_walk_down() we catch this case and handle it correctly, however we return -EIO, which -EUCLEAN is a more appropriate error code. Finally in walk_up_proc we have the same BUG_ON(refs == 0), so convert that to proper error handling. Also adjust the error message so we can actually do something with the information.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
|
LinuxLinux |
|
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c847b28a799733b04574060ab9d00f215970627d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71291aa7246645ef622621934d2067400380645e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c60676b81fab456b672796830f6d8057058f029c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728d4d045b628e006b48a448f3326a7194c88d32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc887ac24b7a0598f4042ae9af6b9a33072f75b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1df13bf078ffebfedd361d714ff6cee1ff01b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03804641ec2d0da4fa088ad21c88e703d151ce16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8ccef048354074a548f108e51d0557d6adfd3a3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.