In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: scrub: avoid use-after-free when chunk length is not 64K aligned
[BUG]
There is a bug report that, on a ext4-converted btrfs, scrub leads to
various problems, including:
- "unable to find chunk map" errors
BTRFS info (device vdb): scrub: started on devid 1
BTRFS critical (device vdb): unable to find chunk map for logical 2214744064 length 4096
BTRFS critical (device vdb): unable to find chunk map for logical 2214744064 length 45056
This would lead to unrepariable errors.
- Use-after-free KASAN reports:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __blk_rq_map_sg+0x18f/0x7c0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881013c9040 by task btrfs/909
CPU: 0 PID: 909 Comm: btrfs Not tainted 6.7.0-x64v3-dbg #11 c50636e9419a8354555555245df535e380563b2b
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 2023.11-2 12/24/2023
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x43/0x60
print_report+0xcf/0x640
kasan_report+0xa6/0xd0
__blk_rq_map_sg+0x18f/0x7c0
virtblk_prep_rq.isra.0+0x215/0x6a0 [virtio_blk 19a65eeee9ae6fcf02edfad39bb9ddee07dcdaff]
virtio_queue_rqs+0xc4/0x310 [virtio_blk 19a65eeee9ae6fcf02edfad39bb9ddee07dcdaff]
blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+0x780/0x860
__blk_flush_plug+0x1ba/0x220
blk_finish_plug+0x3b/0x60
submit_initial_group_read+0x10a/0x290 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
flush_scrub_stripes+0x38e/0x430 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
scrub_stripe+0x82a/0xae0 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
scrub_chunk+0x178/0x200 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x4bc/0xa30 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
btrfs_scrub_dev+0x398/0x810 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
btrfs_ioctl+0x4b9/0x3020 [btrfs e57987a360bed82fe8756dcd3e0de5406ccfe965]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0xbd/0x100
do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xe0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b
RIP: 0033:0x7f47e5e0952b
- Crash, mostly due to above use-after-free
[CAUSE]
The converted fs has the following data chunk layout:
item 2 key (FIRST_CHUNK_TREE CHUNK_ITEM 2214658048) itemoff 16025 itemsize 80
length 86016 owner 2 stripe_len 65536 type DATA|single
For above logical bytenr 2214744064, it's at the chunk end
(2214658048 + 86016 = 2214744064).
This means btrfs_submit_bio() would split the bio, and trigger endio
function for both of the two halves.
However scrub_submit_initial_read() would only expect the endio function
to be called once, not any more.
This means the first endio function would already free the bbio::bio,
leaving the bvec freed, thus the 2nd endio call would lead to
use-after-free.
[FIX]
- Make sure scrub_read_endio() only updates bits in its range
Since we may read less than 64K at the end of the chunk, we should not
touch the bits beyond chunk boundary.
- Make sure scrub_submit_initial_read() only to read the chunk range
This is done by calculating the real number of sectors we need to
read, and add sector-by-sector to the bio.
Thankfully the scrub read repair path won't need extra fixes:
- scrub_stripe_submit_repair_read()
With above fixes, we won't update error bit for range beyond chunk,
thus scrub_stripe_submit_repair_read() should never submit any read
beyond the chunk.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it