CVE-2024-23850 (GCVE-0-2024-23850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:28
VLAI
Summary
In btrfs_get_root_ref in fs/btrfs/disk-io.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.1, there can be an assertion failure and crash because a subvolume can be read out too soon after its root item is inserted upon subvolume creation.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-01 19:31 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2334 records in the last 180 days details
References
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