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CVE-2022-50766: btrfs: set generation before calling btrfs_clean_tree_block in btrfs_init_new_buffer

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: set generation before calling btrfs_clean_tree_block in btrfs_init_new_buffer syzbot is reporting uninit-value in btrfs_clean_tree_block() [1], for commit bc877d285ca3dba2 ("btrfs: Deduplicate extent_buffer init code") missed that btrfs_set_header_generation() in btrfs_init_new_buffer() must not be moved to after clean_tree_block() because clean_tree_block() is calling btrfs_header_generation() since commit 55c69072d6bd5be1 ("Btrfs: Fix extent_buffer usage when nodesize != leafsize"). Since memzero_extent_buffer() will reset "struct btrfs_header" part, we can't move btrfs_set_header_generation() to before memzero_extent_buffer(). Just re-add btrfs_set_header_generation() before btrfs_clean_tree_block().

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 4.19 — fixed in 6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a408c6212c16b9a2a1141d3c531247582ef8101
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bc41c92d10b905c60f6ec13c9ef664a3555c54
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a687c2890fe4a2acaac6941fa4097a1264d8f3eb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbddcc4fa3443fe8cfb2ff8e210deb1f6a0eea38

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