CVE-2022-49075

btrfs: fix qgroup reserve overflow the qgroup limit

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 01:54 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix qgroup reserve overflow the qgroup limit We use extent_changeset->bytes_changed in qgroup_reserve_data() to record how many bytes we set for EXTENT_QGROUP_RESERVED state. Currently the bytes_changed is set as "unsigned int", and it will overflow if we try to fallocate a range larger than 4GiB. The result is we reserve less bytes and eventually break the qgroup limit. Unlike regular buffered/direct write, which we use one changeset for each ordered extent, which can never be larger than 256M. For fallocate, we use one changeset for the whole range, thus it no longer respects the 256M per extent limit, and caused the problem. The following example test script reproduces the problem: $ cat qgroup-overflow.sh #!/bin/bash DEV=/dev/sdj MNT=/mnt/sdj mkfs.btrfs -f $DEV mount $DEV $MNT # Set qgroup limit to 2GiB. btrfs quota enable $MNT btrfs qgroup limit 2G $MNT # Try to fallocate a 3GiB file. This should fail. echo echo "Try to fallocate a 3GiB file..." fallocate -l 3G $MNT/3G.file # Try to fallocate a 5GiB file. echo echo "Try to fallocate a 5GiB file..." fallocate -l 5G $MNT/5G.file # See we break the qgroup limit. echo sync btrfs qgroup show -r $MNT umount $MNT When running the test: $ ./qgroup-overflow.sh (...) Try to fallocate a 3GiB file... fallocate: fallocate failed: Disk quota exceeded Try to fallocate a 5GiB file... qgroupid         rfer         excl     max_rfer --------         ----         ----     -------- 0/5           5.00GiB      5.00GiB      2.00GiB Since we have no control of how bytes_changed is used, it's better to set it to u64.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.14.2764.13 ≤ v < 4.14.2764.13 ≤ v < 4.19.2384.13 ≤ v < 5.10.1114.13 ≤ v < 5.15.344.13 ≤ v < 5.16.204.13 ≤ v < 5.17.34.13 ≤ v < 5.184.13 ≤ v < 5.4.1894.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2384.20 ≤ v < 5.4.1895.11 ≤ v < 5.15.345.16 ≤ v < 5.16.205.17 ≤ v < 5.17.35.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1115.18 rc17bc329c1836866ffac8b2613f780a51b3ffe786d
Vendor states this is fixed in 0355387ea5b02d353c9415613fab908fac5c52a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 44277c50fdba5019ca25bfad1b71e2561b0de11b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4b98799e181b4326a613108cf37acc1f55d21b45 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6bfff81286d4491f02dad7814bae5c77c9ad2320 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7941b74ed49b6db25efbef2256ebef843c11a010 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 82ae73ac963cee877ce34f7c31b2b456b516e96c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b642b52d0b50f4d398cb4293f64992d0eed2e2ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f3d97b22a708bf9e3f3ac2ba232bcefd0b0c136b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.276 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.238 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16.20 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.189 (unaffected)

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0355387ea5b02d353c9415613fab908fac5c52a6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44277c50fdba5019ca25bfad1b71e2561b0de11b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b98799e181b4326a613108cf37acc1f55d21b45
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bfff81286d4491f02dad7814bae5c77c9ad2320
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7941b74ed49b6db25efbef2256ebef843c11a010
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ae73ac963cee877ce34f7c31b2b456b516e96c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b642b52d0b50f4d398cb4293f64992d0eed2e2ce
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3d97b22a708bf9e3f3ac2ba232bcefd0b0c136b

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190

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