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CVE-2024-50225

kernel: btrfs: fix error propagation of split bios

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 9, 2024

Updated · September 14, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's btrfs filesystem. This vulnerability allows a local user to cause a system crash by triggering a null pointer dereference. The issue arises from incorrect handling of errors during the propagation of split bios, where the original bio's context is not properly set when the end-of-input/output (end_io) function is called too quickly. This can lead to a denial of service for the affected system.

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-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference