In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix warning when putting transaction with qgroups enabled after abort

If we have a transaction abort with qgroups enabled we get a warning
triggered when doing the final put on the transaction, like this:

[552.6789] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[552.6815] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 81745 at fs/btrfs/transaction.c:144 btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs]
[552.6817] Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic xor (...)
[552.6819] CPU: 4 PID: 81745 Comm: btrfs-transacti Tainted: G W 6.4.0-rc6-btrfs-next-134+ #1
[552.6819] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.2-0-gea1b7a073390-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[552.6819] RIP: 0010:btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs]
[552.6821] Code: bd a0 01 00 (...)
[552.6821] RSP: 0018:ffffa168c0527e28 EFLAGS: 00010286
[552.6821] RAX: ffff936042caed00 RBX: ffff93604a3eb448 RCX: 0000000000000000
[552.6821] RDX: ffff93606421b028 RSI: ffffffff92ff0878 RDI: ffff93606421b010
[552.6821] RBP: ffff93606421b000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa168c0d07c20
[552.6821] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff93608dc52950 R12: ffffa168c0527e70
[552.6821] R13: ffff93606421b000 R14: ffff93604a3eb420 R15: ffff93606421b028
[552.6821] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93675fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[552.6821] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[552.6821] CR2: 0000558ad262b000 CR3: 000000014feda005 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
[552.6822] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[552.6822] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[552.6822] Call Trace:
[552.6822] <TASK>
[552.6822] ? __warn+0x80/0x130
[552.6822] ? btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs]
[552.6824] ? report_bug+0x1f4/0x200
[552.6824] ? handle_bug+0x42/0x70
[552.6824] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70
[552.6824] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[552.6824] ? btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs]
[552.6826] btrfs_cleanup_transaction+0xe7/0x5e0 [btrfs]
[552.6828] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x40
[552.6828] ? try_to_wake_up+0x94/0x5e0
[552.6828] ? __pfx_process_timeout+0x10/0x10
[552.6828] transaction_kthread+0x103/0x1d0 [btrfs]
[552.6830] ? __pfx_transaction_kthread+0x10/0x10 [btrfs]
[552.6832] kthread+0xee/0x120
[552.6832] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[552.6832] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
[552.6832] </TASK>
[552.6832] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

This corresponds to this line of code:

void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction)
{
(...)
WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(
&transaction->delayed_refs.dirty_extent_root));
(...)
}

The warning happens because btrfs_qgroup_destroy_extent_records(), called
in the transaction abort path, we free all entries from the rbtree
"dirty_extent_root" with rbtree_postorder_for_each_entry_safe(), but we
don't actually empty the rbtree - it's still pointing to nodes that were
freed.

So set the rbtree's root node to NULL to avoid this warning (assign
RB_ROOT).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
40ea30638d20c92b44107247415842b72c460459 affected < ae91ab710d8e309f6c9eba07ce0d9d0b5d9040f0
81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a affected < d2c667cc18314c9bad3ec86ae071c0342132aa09
81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a affected < c9060caab4135dd660c4676d1ea33a6e0d3fc09d
81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a affected < 89e994688e965813ec0a09fb30b87fb8cee06474
81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a affected < 62dd82bc7a90b5052c062a0ad5be6d8a479a3cfb
81f7eb00ff5bb8326e82503a32809421d14abb8a affected < aa84ce8a78a1a5c10cdf9c7a5fb0c999fbc2c8d6
4e2e49d4211db43e0ec932579dab6a969e7e8df1 affected —
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.6 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.6
5.4.251 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.188 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.123 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.42 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.4.7 unaffected ≤ 6.4.*
6.5 unaffected ≤ *

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix warning when putting transaction with qgroups enabled after abort If we have a transaction abort with qgroups enabled we get a warning triggered when doing the final put on the transaction, like this: [552.6789] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [552.6815] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 81745 at fs/btrfs/transaction.c:144 btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6817] Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic xor (...) [552.6819] CPU: 4 PID: 81745 Comm: btrfs-transacti Tainted: G W 6.4.0-rc6-btrfs-next-134+ #1 [552.6819] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.2-0-gea1b7a073390-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [552.6819] RIP: 0010:btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6821] Code: bd a0 01 00 (...) [552.6821] RSP: 0018:ffffa168c0527e28 EFLAGS: 00010286 [552.6821] RAX: ffff936042caed00 RBX: ffff93604a3eb448 RCX: 0000000000000000 [552.6821] RDX: ffff93606421b028 RSI: ffffffff92ff0878 RDI: ffff93606421b010 [552.6821] RBP: ffff93606421b000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa168c0d07c20 [552.6821] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff93608dc52950 R12: ffffa168c0527e70 [552.6821] R13: ffff93606421b000 R14: ffff93604a3eb420 R15: ffff93606421b028 [552.6821] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93675fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [552.6821] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [552.6821] CR2: 0000558ad262b000 CR3: 000000014feda005 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [552.6822] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [552.6822] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [552.6822] Call Trace: [552.6822] <TASK> [552.6822] ? __warn+0x80/0x130 [552.6822] ? btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6824] ? report_bug+0x1f4/0x200 [552.6824] ? handle_bug+0x42/0x70 [552.6824] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 [552.6824] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [552.6824] ? btrfs_put_transaction+0x123/0x130 [btrfs] [552.6826] btrfs_cleanup_transaction+0xe7/0x5e0 [btrfs] [552.6828] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x40 [552.6828] ? try_to_wake_up+0x94/0x5e0 [552.6828] ? __pfx_process_timeout+0x10/0x10 [552.6828] transaction_kthread+0x103/0x1d0 [btrfs] [552.6830] ? __pfx_transaction_kthread+0x10/0x10 [btrfs] [552.6832] kthread+0xee/0x120 [552.6832] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [552.6832] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50 [552.6832] </TASK> [552.6832] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This corresponds to this line of code: void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction) { (...) WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT( &transaction->delayed_refs.dirty_extent_root)); (...) } The warning happens because btrfs_qgroup_destroy_extent_records(), called in the transaction abort path, we free all entries from the rbtree "dirty_extent_root" with rbtree_postorder_for_each_entry_safe(), but we don't actually empty the rbtree - it's still pointing to nodes that were freed. So set the rbtree's root node to NULL to avoid this warning (assign RB_ROOT).
Title btrfs: fix warning when putting transaction with qgroups enabled after abort
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T01:30:34.588Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:27:17.829Z

Link: CVE-2023-53865

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:27.413

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2023-53865

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53865 - Bugzilla

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