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CVE-2022-48903

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-08-22
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.15.27 / 5.16.13 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix relocation crash due to premature return from btrfs_commit_transaction() We are seeing crashes similar to the following trace: [38.969182] WARNING: CPU: 20 PID: 2105 at fs/btrfs/relocation.c:4070 btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x2dc/0x340 [btrfs] [38.973556] CPU: 20 PID: 2105 Comm: btrfs Not tainted 5.17.0-rc4 #54 [38.974580] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [38.976539] RIP: 0010:btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x2dc/0x340 [btrfs] [38.980336] RSP: 0000:ffffb0dd42e03c20 EFLAGS: 00010206 [38.981218] RAX: ffff96cfc4ede800 RBX: ffff96cfc3ce0000 RCX: 000000000002ca14 [38.982560] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 4cfd109a0bcb5d7f RDI: ffff96cfc3ce0360 [38.983619] RBP: ffff96cfc309c000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [38.984678] R10: ffff96cec0000001 R11: ffffe84c80000000 R12: ffff96cfc4ede800 [38.985735] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff96cfc3ce0360 [38.987146] FS: 00007f11c15218c0(0000) GS:ffff96d6dfb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [38.988662] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [38.989398] CR2: 00007ffc922c8e60 CR3: 00000001147a6001 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [38.990279] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [38.991219] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [38.992528] Call Trace: [38.992854] <TASK> [38.993148] btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x27/0xe0 [btrfs] [38.993941] btrfs_balance+0x78e/0xea0 [btrfs] [38.994801] ? vsnprintf+0x33c/0x520 [38.995368] ? __kmalloc_track_caller+0x351/0x440 [38.996198] btrfs_ioctl_balance+0x2b9/0x3a0 [btrfs] [38.997084] btrfs_ioctl+0x11b0/0x2da0 [btrfs] [38.997867] ? mod_objcg_state+0xee/0x340 [38.998552] ? seq_release+0x24/0x30 [38.999184] ? proc_nr_files+0x30/0x30 [38.999654] ? call_rcu+0xc8/0x2f0 [39.000228] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x84/0xc0 [39.000872] ? btrfs_ioctl_get_supported_features+0x30/0x30 [btrfs] [39.001973] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x84/0xc0 [39.002566] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 [39.003011] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [39.003735] RIP: 0033:0x7f11c166959b [39.007324] RSP: 002b:00007fff2543e998 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 [39.008521] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f11c1521698 RCX: 00007f11c166959b [39.009833] RDX: 00007fff2543ea40 RSI: 00000000c4009420 RDI: 0000000000000003 [39.011270] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000013 R09: 00007f11c16f94e0 [39.012581] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff25440df3 [39.014046] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fff2543ea40 R15: 0000000000000001 [39.015040] </TASK> [39.015418] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [43.131559] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [43.132234] kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:2717! [43.133031] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [43.133702] CPU: 1 PID: 1839 Comm: btrfs Tainted: G W 5.17.0-rc4 #54 [43.134863] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [43.136426] RIP: 0010:unpin_extent_range+0x37a/0x4f0 [btrfs] [43.139913] RSP: 0000:ffffb0dd4216bc70 EFLAGS: 00010246 [43.140629] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff96cfc34490f8 RCX: 0000000000000001 [43.141604] RDX: 0000000080000001 RSI: 0000000051d00000 RDI: 00000000ffffffff [43.142645] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff96cfd07dca50 [43.143669] R10: ffff96cfc46e8a00 R11: fffffffffffec000 R12: 0000000041d00000 [43.144657] R13: ffff96cfc3ce0000 R14: ffffb0dd4216bd08 R15: 0000000000000000 [43.145686] FS: 00007f7657dd68c0(0000) GS:ffff96d6df640000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [43.146808] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [43.147584] CR2: 00007f7fe81bf5b0 CR3: 00000001093ee004 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [43.148589] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [43.149581] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 00000000000 ---truncated---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.12, < 5.15.27>= 5.16, < 5.16.13= 5.17

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.15.27 / 5.16.13 or later
Fixed in 5.15.275.16.13
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux Kernel 5.15.27 or later, 5.16.13 or later, or 5.18+

  1. Check current kernel version with: uname -r
  2. Identify the appropriate fixed kernel version for your distribution (5.15.27+, 5.16.13+, or 5.18+ for the respective branches)
  3. Update the kernel package using your distribution's package manager (e.g., apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-<version> for Debian/Ubuntu, or yum/dnf update kernel for RHEL/Fedora)
  4. Reboot the system to load the new kernel: sudo reboot
  5. Verify the system is running the fixed kernel version with: uname -r
Caveat Standard kernel upgrade risks apply - ensure compatibility with existing system configurations and drivers before rebooting

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