CVE-2026-93813 (GCVE-0-2026-93813)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-24 16:02
Modified
2026-10-03 10:57
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: tree-checker: validate INODE_REF's namelen [BUG] A crafted btrfs image can trigger the following crash: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd1dc42884000 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 1034 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.1.0-rc4-custom+ #383 PREEMPT(full) 46af0a92938a63be7132e0dfd71e62327c51d5c2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x10 Call Trace: <TASK> read_extent_buffer+0xe4/0x100 [btrfs 3cf0785dd58fec8c5ff84633b772f17ce1f92a8f] btrfs_get_name+0x15e/0x1e0 [btrfs 3cf0785dd58fec8c5ff84633b772f17ce1f92a8f] reconnect_path+0x165/0x390 exportfs_decode_fh_raw+0x337/0x400 ? drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xb0/0xb0 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x10 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [CAUSE] TThe crafted image has the following corrupted INODE_REF item: item 9 key (258 INODE_REF 257) itemoff 11544 itemsize 4106 index 2 namelen 4096 name: d\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000 The itemsize matches the namelen, but the namelen is 4096, way larger than normal name length limit (BTRFS_NAME_LEN, 255). Meanwhile the memory of the @name is only 255 byte sized, this will cause out-of-boundary access, and cause the above crash. [FIX] Add extra namelen verification for INODE_REF, just like what we have done in ROOT_REF checks. Now the crafted image can be rejected gracefully: BTRFS critical (device dm-2): corrupt leaf: root=5 block=30572544 slot=14 ino=259, invalid inode ref name length, has 4096 expect [1, 255] BTRFS error (device dm-2): read time tree block corruption detected on logical 30572544 mirror 2 [ Rebase, add a Link: tag, add an simple cause analyze ]
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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: tree-checker: validate INODE_REF\u0027s namelen\n\n[BUG]\nA crafted btrfs image can trigger the following crash:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd1dc42884000\n  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n  CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 1034 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.1.0-rc4-custom+ #383 PREEMPT(full)  46af0a92938a63be7132e0dfd71e62327c51d5c2\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\n  RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x10\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   read_extent_buffer+0xe4/0x100 [btrfs 3cf0785dd58fec8c5ff84633b772f17ce1f92a8f]\n   btrfs_get_name+0x15e/0x1e0 [btrfs 3cf0785dd58fec8c5ff84633b772f17ce1f92a8f]\n   reconnect_path+0x165/0x390\n   exportfs_decode_fh_raw+0x337/0x400\n   ? drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xb0/0xb0\n   \u003c/TASK\u003e\n  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n  RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x10\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception\n\n[CAUSE]\nTThe crafted image has the following corrupted INODE_REF item:\n\n         item 9 key (258 INODE_REF 257) itemoff 11544 itemsize 4106\n         \tindex 2 namelen 4096 name: d\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\n\nThe itemsize matches the namelen, but the namelen is 4096, way larger\nthan normal name length limit (BTRFS_NAME_LEN, 255).\n\nMeanwhile the memory of the @name is only 255 byte sized, this will cause\nout-of-boundary access, and cause the above crash.\n\n[FIX]\nAdd extra namelen verification for INODE_REF, just like what we have\ndone in ROOT_REF checks.\n\nNow the crafted image can be rejected gracefully:\n\n BTRFS critical (device dm-2): corrupt leaf: root=5 block=30572544 slot=14 ino=259, invalid inode ref name length, has 4096 expect [1, 255]\n BTRFS error (device dm-2): read time tree block corruption detected on logical 30572544 mirror 2\n\n[ Rebase, add a Link: tag, add an simple cause analyze ]"
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              "value": "AV:L - check_inode_ref() failed to cap INODE_REF name_len, so a crafted leaf with name_len 4096 is accepted. Those bytes come from the mounted image, not a protocol field. The overflow is open_by_handle_at() \u2192 do_handle_to_path() \u2192 exportfs_decode_fh_raw() \u2192 reconnect_path() \u2192 btrfs_get_name(); btrfs_fid has only objectid/gen, so an NFS handle does not carry the bad namelen.\nAC:L - The attacker writes an INODE_REF whose name_len exceeds BTRFS_NAME_LEN (255) but fits the item (PoC: 4096/4106), which the old check_inode_ref() allowed. Mounting that image and calling open_by_handle_at() on a directory filehandle for that inode makes reconnect_path() call btrfs_get_name() every time; no race or uninducible device failure is required.\nPR:L - btrfs_fs_type lacks FS_USERNS_MOUNT, so mount_capable() needs init-ns CAP_SYS_ADMIN, but a local user can mount the image via udisks2/polkit. The trigger is open_by_handle_at(): may_decode_fh() admits ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH) with capable_wrt_mount() and O_DIRECTORY, so userns root on that mount is enough.\nUI:N - The attacker authors the INODE_REF, mounts the image (udisks/loop), and calls open_by_handle_at() so reconnect_path() runs btrfs_get_name() on that inode. That is their own action against data they already control; no second user must open a file or confirm a dialog.\nS:U - btrfs_get_name()\u0027s overflow of exportfs_decode_fh_raw()\u0027s nbuf corrupts the host kernel stack only. It does not cross a KVM/Xen guest-host, IOMMU/DMA, or other security-authority boundary.\nC:H - read_extent_buffer() in btrfs_get_name() memcpy\u0027s the attacker-chosen INODE_REF name (PoC namelen 4096) into exportfs_decode_fh_raw()\u0027s nbuf[NAME_MAX+1] (256 bytes). That stack overflow overwrites saved frames and is kernel memory corruption usable for arbitrary disclosure.\nI:H - The same unbounded copy, plus name[name_len]=\u0027\\0\u0027 at offset 4096, is an attacker-controlled out-of-bounds write into kernel stack in exportfs_decode_fh_raw(). Chosen namelen/name bytes enable return-address overwrite and control-flow hijack, not a bounded metadata tweak.\nA:H - The reporter\u0027s PoC faults in memcpy() from read_extent_buffer() called by btrfs_get_name() (supervisor write to an unmapped address) and panics. Any name_len that runs nbuf off the mapped stack oopses the host."
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