Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53865btrfs: fix warning when putting transaction with qgroups enabled after abort

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A 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 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix warning when putting transaction with qgroups enabled after abort If we have a transaction abort with qgroups enabled we get a warning triggered when doing the final put on the transaction, like this: [552.6789] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [552.6815] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 81745 at fs/btrfs/transaction.c:144 btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6817] Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic xor (...) [552.6819] CPU: 4 PID: 81745 Comm: btrfs-transacti Tainted: G W 6.4.0-rc6-btrfs-next-134+ #1 [552.6819] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.2-0-gea1b7a073390-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [552.6819] RIP: 0010:btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6821] Code: bd a0 01 00 (...) [552.6821] RSP: 0018:ffffa168c0527e28 EFLAGS: 00010286 [552.6821] RAX: ffff936042caed00 RBX: ffff93604a3eb448 RCX: 0000000000000000 [552.6821] RDX: ffff93606421b028 RSI: ffffffff92ff0878 RDI: ffff93606421b010 [552.6821] RBP: ffff93606421b000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa168c0d07c20 [552.6821] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff93608dc52950 R12: ffffa168c0527e70 [552.6821] R13: ffff93606421b000 R14: ffff93604a3eb420 R15: ffff93606421b028 [552.6821] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93675fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [552.6821] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [552.6821] CR2: 0000558ad262b000 CR3: 000000014feda005 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [552.6822] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [552.6822] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [552.6822] Call Trace: [552.6822] <TASK> [552.6822] ? __warn+0x80/0x130 [552.6822] ? btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6824] ? report_bug+0x1f4/0x200 [552.6824] ? handle_bug+0x42/0x70 [552.6824] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 [552.6824] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [552.6824] ? btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6826] btrfs_cleanup_transaction+0xe7/0x5e0 [btrfs] [552.6828] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x40 [552.6828] ? try_to_wake_up+0x94/0x5e0 [552.6828] ? __pfx_process_timeout+0x10/0x10 [552.6828] transaction_kthread+0x103/0x1d0 [btrfs] [552.6830] ? __pfx_transaction_kthread+0x10/0x10 [btrfs] [552.6832] kthread+0xee/0x120 [552.6832] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [552.6832] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50 [552.6832] </TASK> [552.6832] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This corresponds to this line of code: void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction) { (...) WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT( &transaction->delayed_refs.dirty_extent_root)); (...) } The warning happens because btrfs_qgroup_destroy_extent_records(), called in the transaction abort path, we free all entries from the rbtree "dirty_extent_root" with rbtree_postorder_for_each_entry_safe(), but we don't actually empty the rbtree - it's still pointing to nodes that were freed. So set the rbtree's root node to NULL to avoid this warning (assign RB_ROOT).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53865
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53865
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1049.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1051.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1051.59.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1046.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1045.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1040.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1047.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53865

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 40ea30638d20c92b44107247415842b72c460459 – before ae91ab710d8e309f6c9eba07ce0d9d0b5d9040f081f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a – before d2c667cc18314c9bad3ec86ae071c0342132aa0981f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a – before c9060caab4135dd660c4676d1ea33a6e0d3fc09d81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a – before 89e994688e965813ec0a09fb30b87fb8cee0647481f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a – before 62dd82bc7a90b5052c062a0ad5be6d8a479a3cfb81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a – before aa84ce8a78a1a5c10cdf9c7a5fb0c999fbc2c8d64e2e49d4211db43e0ec932579dab6a969e7e8df15.4.23 – before 5.4.251
Linux Linux 5.6

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