CVE-2024-46753

kernel: btrfs: handle errors from btrfs_dec_ref() properly

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 18, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: handle errors from btrfs_dec_ref() properly

In walk_up_proc() we BUG_ON(ret) from btrfs_dec_ref(). This is incorrect, we have proper error handling here, return the error.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-703 · Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions