CVE-2024-58089 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix double accounting race when btrfs_run_delalloc_range() failed [BUG] When running btrfs with block size (4K) smaller than page size (64K, aarch64), there is a very high chance to crash the kernel at generic/750, with the following messages: (before the call traces, there are 3 extra debug messages added) BTRFS warning (device dm-3): read-write for sector size 4096 with page size 65536 is experimental BTRFS info (device dm-3): checking UUID tree hrtimer: interrupt took 5451385 ns BTRFS error (device dm-3): cow_file_range failed, root=4957 inode=257 start=1605632 len=69632: -28 BTRFS error (device dm-3): run_delalloc_nocow failed, root=4957 inode=257 start=1605632 len=69632: -28 BTRFS error (device dm-3): failed to run delalloc range, root=4957 ino=257 folio=1572864 submit_bitmap=8-15 start=1605632 len=69632: -28 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3020984 at ordered-data.c:360 can_finish_ordered_extent+0x370/0x3b8 [btrfs] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 3020984 Comm: kworker/u24:1 Tainted: G OE 6.13.0-rc1-custom+ #89 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_data_space [btrfs] pc : can_finish_ordered_extent+0x370/0x3b8 [btrfs] lr : can_finish_ordered_extent+0x1ec/0x3b8 [btrfs] Call trace: can_finish_ordered_extent+0x370/0x3b8 [btrfs] (P) can_finish_ordered_extent+0x1ec/0x3b8 [btrfs] (L) btrfs_mark_ordered_io_finished+0x130/0x2b8 [btrfs] extent_writepage+0x10c/0x3b8 [btrfs] extent_write_cache_pages+0x21c/0x4e8 [btrfs] btrfs_writepages+0x94/0x160 [btrfs] do_writepages+0x74/0x190 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x74/0xa0 start_delalloc_inodes+0x17c/0x3b0 [btrfs] btrfs_start_delalloc_roots+0x17c/0x288 [btrfs] shrink_delalloc+0x11c/0x280 [btrfs] flush_space+0x288/0x328 [btrfs] btrfs_async_reclaim_data_space+0x180/0x228 [btrfs] process_one_work+0x228/0x680 worker_thread+0x1bc/0x360 kthread+0x100/0x118 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS critical (device dm-3): bad ordered extent accounting, root=4957 ino=257 OE offset=1605632 OE len=16384 to_dec=16384 left=0 BTRFS critical (device dm-3): bad ordered extent accounting, root=4957 ino=257 OE offset=1622016 OE len=12288 to_dec=12288 left=0 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 BTRFS critical (device dm-3): bad ordered extent accounting, root=4957 ino=257 OE offset=1634304 OE len=8192 to_dec=4096 left=0 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3286940 Comm: kworker/u24:3 Tainted: G W OE 6.13.0-rc1-custom+ #89 Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 Workqueue: btrfs_work_helper [btrfs] (btrfs-endio-write) pstate: 404000c5 (nZcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : process_one_work+0x110/0x680 lr : worker_thread+0x1bc/0x360 Call trace: process_one_work+0x110/0x680 (P) worker_thread+0x1bc/0x360 (L) worker_thread+0x1bc/0x360 kthread+0x100/0x118 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: f84086a1 f9000fe1 53041c21 b9003361 (f9400661) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception SMP: stopping secondary CPUs SMP: failed to stop secondary CPUs 2-3 Dumping ftrace buffer: (ftrace buffer empty) Kernel Offset: 0x275bb9540000 from 0xffff800080000000 PHYS_OFFSET: 0xffff8fbba0000000 CPU features: 0x100,00000070,00801250,8201720b [CAUSE] The above warning is triggered immediately after the delalloc range failure, this happens in the following sequence: - Range [1568K, 1636K) is dirty 1536K 1568K 1600K 1636K 1664K | |/////////|////////| | Where 1536K, 1600K and 1664K are page boundaries (64K page size) - Enter extent_writepage() for page 1536K - Enter run_delalloc_nocow() with locke ---truncated---

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-13	—	0.04%	—

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2025-03-13

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0.04%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-58089

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2024-58089 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-58089
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58089
`suse`	medium	CVE-2024-58089 severity moderate: SUSE including 51 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 110 product×package rows across 17 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6, … (17 product lines)): Will Not Fix 45, Known Not Affected 39, Fixed 26.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58089/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2024-58089 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 166, needed 103, released 92, not-affected 45.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-58089

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-58089

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.0, < 6.12.17	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.13, < 6.13.5	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	4.19.73	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.19.73:::::::*

References for CVE-2024-58089

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0283ee1912c8e243c931f4ee5b3672e954fe0384	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21333148b5c9e52f41fafcedec3810b56a5e0e40	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72dad8e377afa50435940adfb697e070d3556670	Patch

URL

CVE-2024-58089 | btrfs: fix double accounting race when btrfs_run_delalloc_range() failed

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-58089

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-58089

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-58089

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-58089

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-58089

References for CVE-2024-58089