In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: exit gracefully if reloc roots don't match
[BUG]
Syzbot reported a crash that an ASSERT() got triggered inside
prepare_to_merge().
[CAUSE]
The root cause of the triggered ASSERT() is we can have a race between
quota tree creation and relocation.
This leads us to create a duplicated quota tree in the
btrfs_read_fs_root() path, and since it's treated as fs tree, it would
have ROOT_SHAREABLE flag, causing us to create a reloc tree for it.
The bug itself is fixed by a dedicated patch for it, but this already
taught us the ASSERT() is not something straightforward for
developers.
[ENHANCEMENT]
Instead of using an ASSERT(), let's handle it gracefully and output
extra info about the mismatch reloc roots to help debug.
Also with the above ASSERT() removed, we can trigger ASSERT(0)s inside
merge_reloc_roots() later.
Also replace those ASSERT(0)s with WARN_ON()s.
btrfs: exit gracefully if reloc roots don't match
[BUG]
Syzbot reported a crash that an ASSERT() got triggered inside
prepare_to_merge().
[CAUSE]
The root cause of the triggered ASSERT() is we can have a race between
quota tree creation and relocation.
This leads us to create a duplicated quota tree in the
btrfs_read_fs_root() path, and since it's treated as fs tree, it would
have ROOT_SHAREABLE flag, causing us to create a reloc tree for it.
The bug itself is fixed by a dedicated patch for it, but this already
taught us the ASSERT() is not something straightforward for
developers.
[ENHANCEMENT]
Instead of using an ASSERT(), let's handle it gracefully and output
extra info about the mismatch reloc roots to help debug.
Also with the above ASSERT() removed, we can trigger ASSERT(0)s inside
merge_reloc_roots() later.
Also replace those ASSERT(0)s with WARN_ON()s.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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Advisories
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2023-59793 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: exit gracefully if reloc roots don't match [BUG] Syzbot reported a crash that an ASSERT() got triggered inside prepare_to_merge(). [CAUSE] The root cause of the triggered ASSERT() is we can have a race between quota tree creation and relocation. This leads us to create a duplicated quota tree in the btrfs_read_fs_root() path, and since it's treated as fs tree, it would have ROOT_SHAREABLE flag, causing us to create a reloc tree for it. The bug itself is fixed by a dedicated patch for it, but this already taught us the ASSERT() is not something straightforward for developers. [ENHANCEMENT] Instead of using an ASSERT(), let's handle it gracefully and output extra info about the mismatch reloc roots to help debug. Also with the above ASSERT() removed, we can trigger ASSERT(0)s inside merge_reloc_roots() later. Also replace those ASSERT(0)s with WARN_ON()s. |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 03:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-617 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000
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Linux
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Linux linux Kernel |
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000
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Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: exit gracefully if reloc roots don't match [BUG] Syzbot reported a crash that an ASSERT() got triggered inside prepare_to_merge(). [CAUSE] The root cause of the triggered ASSERT() is we can have a race between quota tree creation and relocation. This leads us to create a duplicated quota tree in the btrfs_read_fs_root() path, and since it's treated as fs tree, it would have ROOT_SHAREABLE flag, causing us to create a reloc tree for it. The bug itself is fixed by a dedicated patch for it, but this already taught us the ASSERT() is not something straightforward for developers. [ENHANCEMENT] Instead of using an ASSERT(), let's handle it gracefully and output extra info about the mismatch reloc roots to help debug. Also with the above ASSERT() removed, we can trigger ASSERT(0)s inside merge_reloc_roots() later. Also replace those ASSERT(0)s with WARN_ON()s. | |
| Title | btrfs: exit gracefully if reloc roots don't match | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-15T14:04:35.399Z
Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:59:19.065Z
Link: CVE-2023-53183
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-09-15T14:15:40.420
Modified: 2025-12-02T02:56:50.870
Link: CVE-2023-53183
Redhat
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-09-17T10:08:19Z