Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-42231btrfs: zoned: fix calc_available_free_space() for zoned mode

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: fix calc_available_free_space() for zoned mode calc_available_free_space() returns the total size of metadata (or system) block groups, which can be allocated from unallocated disk space. The logic is wrong on zoned mode in two places. First, the calculation of data_chunk_size is wrong. We always allocate one zone as one chunk, and no partial allocation of a zone. So, we should use zone_size (= data_sinfo->chunk_size) as it is. Second, the result "avail" may not be zone aligned. Since we always allocate one zone as one chunk on zoned mode, returning non-zone size aligned bytes will result in less pressure on the async metadata reclaim process. This is serious for the nearly full state with a large zone size device. Allowing over-commit too much will result in less async reclaim work and end up in ENOSPC. We can align down to the zone size to avoid that.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.9.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42231
Debian:14linux6.9.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-48.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1018.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1017.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1017.20~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1017.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1013.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-48.48~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-48.48.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-48.48.3~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1017.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1017.19.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1015.15~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-48.48.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-48.48.1~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42231

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux cb6cbab79055ca207ad88bc54226b48ececdcef0 – before 8548903b1999bba02a2b894ad750ab8eb1f40307cb6cbab79055ca207ad88bc54226b48ececdcef0 – before 64d2c847ba380e07b9072d65a50aa6469d2aa43f
Linux Linux 6.7

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