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CVE-2022-50293
published 2025-09-15

CVE-2022-50293: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() on ENOMEM when dropping extent items for a range If we get -ENOMEM…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
4.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() on ENOMEM when dropping extent items for a range If we get -ENOMEM while dropping file extent items in a given range, at btrfs_drop_extents(), due to failure to allocate memory when attempting to increment the reference count for an extent or drop the reference count, we handle it with a BUG_ON(). This is excessive, instead we can simply abort the transaction and return the error to the caller. In fact most callers of btrfs_drop_extents(), directly or indirectly, already abort the transaction if btrfs_drop_extents() returns any error. Also, we already have error paths at btrfs_drop_extents() that may return -ENOMEM and in those cases we abort the transaction, like for example anything that changes the b+tree may return -ENOMEM due to a failure to allocate a new extent buffer when COWing an existing extent buffer, such as a call to btrfs_duplicate_item() for example. So replace the BUG_ON() calls with proper logic to abort the transaction and return the error.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 39279cc3d2704cfbf9c35dcb5bdd392159ae4625 < 50f993da945074b2a069da099a0331b23a0c89a050f993da945074b2a069da099a0331b23a0c89a0
linuxlinux>= 39279cc3d2704cfbf9c35dcb5bdd392159ae4625 < 7fbcb635c8fc927d139f3302babcf1b42c09265c7fbcb635c8fc927d139f3302babcf1b42c09265c
linuxlinux>= 39279cc3d2704cfbf9c35dcb5bdd392159ae4625 < 1baf3370e2dc5e6bd1368348736189457dab2a271baf3370e2dc5e6bd1368348736189457dab2a27
linuxlinux>= 39279cc3d2704cfbf9c35dcb5bdd392159ae4625 < 162d053e15fe985f754ef495a96eb3db970c43ed162d053e15fe985f754ef495a96eb3db970c43ed
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.15.865.15.86
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.0.166.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1 < 6.1.26.1.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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