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This can lead to very little useful info for\ndebugging.\n\nThis patch will:\n\n- Add extra info for error reporting\n  Including:\n  * logical bytenr\n  * num_bytes\n  * type\n  * action\n  * ref_mod\n\n- Replace the btrfs_debug() with btrfs_err()\n\n- Move the error reporting into run_one_delayed_ref()\n  This is to avoid use-after-free, the @node can be freed in the caller.\n\nThis error should only be triggered at most once.\n\nAs if run_one_delayed_ref() failed, we trigger the error message, then\ncausing the call chain to error out:\n\nbtrfs_run_delayed_refs()\n`- btrfs_run_delayed_refs()\n   `- btrfs_run_delayed_refs_for_head()\n      `- run_one_delayed_ref()\n\nAnd we will abort the current transaction in btrfs_run_delayed_refs().\nIf we have to run delayed refs for the abort transaction,\nrun_one_delayed_ref() will just cleanup the refs and do nothing, thus no\nnew error messages would be output.","publishedAt":"2025-03-27T16:43:07.633Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:06:16.175Z","severity":{"score":7.8,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"18bd1c9c02e64a3567f90c83c2c8b855531c8098","versionType":"git"},{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"fdb4a70bb768d2a87890409597529ad81cb3de8a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"853ffa1511b058c79a4c9bb1407b3b20ce311792","versionType":"git"},{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"39f501d68ec1ed5cd5c66ac6ec2a7131c517bb92","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"3.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"3.4","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.165","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.90","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18bd1c9c02e64a3567f90c83c2c8b855531c8098","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb4a70bb768d2a87890409597529ad81cb3de8a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/853ffa1511b058c79a4c9bb1407b3b20ce311792","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39f501d68ec1ed5cd5c66ac6ec2a7131c517bb92"],"weaknesses":["CWE-416"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49761.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49761","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-03-27T16:43:07.633Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:06:16.175Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-03-27T16:39:17.990Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"btrfs: always report error in run_one_delayed_ref()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: always report error in run_one_delayed_ref()\n\nCurrently we have a btrfs_debug() for run_one_delayed_ref() failure, but\nif end users hit such problem, there will be no chance that\nbtrfs_debug() is enabled.  This can lead to very little useful info for\ndebugging.\n\nThis patch will:\n\n- Add extra info for error reporting\n  Including:\n  * logical bytenr\n  * num_bytes\n  * type\n  * action\n  * ref_mod\n\n- Replace the btrfs_debug() with btrfs_err()\n\n- Move the error reporting into run_one_delayed_ref()\n  This is to avoid use-after-free, the @node can be freed in the caller.\n\nThis error should only be triggered at most once.\n\nAs if run_one_delayed_ref() failed, we trigger the error message, then\ncausing the call chain to error out:\n\nbtrfs_run_delayed_refs()\n`- btrfs_run_delayed_refs()\n   `- btrfs_run_delayed_refs_for_head()\n      `- run_one_delayed_ref()\n\nAnd we will abort the current transaction in btrfs_run_delayed_refs().\nIf we have to run delayed refs for the abort transaction,\nrun_one_delayed_ref() will just cleanup the refs and do nothing, thus no\nnew error messages would be output."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"18bd1c9c02e64a3567f90c83c2c8b855531c8098","versionType":"git"},{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"fdb4a70bb768d2a87890409597529ad81cb3de8a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"853ffa1511b058c79a4c9bb1407b3b20ce311792","versionType":"git"},{"version":"79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76","status":"affected","lessThan":"39f501d68ec1ed5cd5c66ac6ec2a7131c517bb92","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"3.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"3.4","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.165","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.90","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18bd1c9c02e64a3567f90c83c2c8b855531c8098"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb4a70bb768d2a87890409597529ad81cb3de8a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/853ffa1511b058c79a4c9bb1407b3b20ce311792"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39f501d68ec1ed5cd5c66ac6ec2a7131c517bb92"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:06:16.175Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.4","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.165"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.4","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.90"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.2"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":7.8,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","integrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2022-49761","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2025-03-28T15:20:30.780085Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-416","lang":"en","type":"CWE","description":"CWE-416 Use After Free"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-03-28T15:21:57.235Z"}}]}}}