CVE-2022-50293

MEDIUM EPSS 4.2%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
Find Similar
Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() on ENOMEM when dropping extent items for a range If we get -ENOMEM while dropping file extent items in a given range, at btrfs_drop_extents(), due to failure to allocate memory when attempting to increment the reference count for an extent or drop the reference count, we handle it with a BUG_ON(). This is excessive, instead we can simply abort the transaction and return the error to the caller. In fact most callers of btrfs_drop_extents(), directly or indirectly, already abort the transaction if btrfs_drop_extents() returns any error. Also, we already have error paths at btrfs_drop_extents() that may return -ENOMEM and in those cases we abort the transaction, like for example anything that changes the b+tree may return -ENOMEM due to a failure to allocate a new extent buffer when COWing an existing extent buffer, such as a call to btrfs_duplicate_item() for example. So replace the BUG_ON() calls with proper logic to abort the transaction and return the error.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-617

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <5.15.86
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.1  –  <6.1.2

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/162d053e15fe985f754ef495a96eb3db970c43ed
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1baf3370e2dc5e6bd1368348736189457dab2a27
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f993da945074b2a069da099a0331b23a0c89a0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fbcb635c8fc927d139f3302babcf1b42c09265c
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/162d053e15fe985f754ef495a96eb3db970c43ed
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1baf3370e2dc5e6bd1368348736189457dab2a27
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f993da945074b2a069da099a0331b23a0c89a0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fbcb635c8fc927d139f3302babcf1b42c09265c
    Patch