CVE-2023-54253
btrfs: set page extent mapped after read_folio in relocate_one_page
Reported by linux · Published December 30, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: set page extent mapped after read_folio in relocate_one_page One of the CI runs triggered the following panic assertion failed: PagePrivate(page) && page->private, in fs/btrfs/subpage.c:229 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/subpage.c:229! Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 923660 Comm: btrfs Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #1 pstate: 61400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : btrfs_subpage_assert+0xbc/0xf0 lr : btrfs_subpage_assert+0xbc/0xf0 sp : ffff800093213720 x29: ffff800093213720 x28: ffff8000932138b4 x27: 000000000c280000 x26: 00000001b5d00000 x25: 000000000c281000 x24: 000000000c281fff x23: 0000000000001000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffffff42b95bf880 x20: ffff42b9528e0000 x19: 0000000000001000 x18: ffffffffffffffff x17: 667274622f736620 x16: 6e69202c65746176 x15: 0000000000000028 x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000002672d7 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: ffffcd3f0ccd9204 x10: ffffcd3f0554ae50 x9 : ffffcd3f0379528c x8 : ffff800093213428 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffffcd3f091771e8 x5 : ffff42b97f333948 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff42b9556cde80 x0 : 000000000000004f Call trace: btrfs_subpage_assert+0xbc/0xf0 btrfs_subpage_set_dirty+0x38/0xa0 btrfs_page_set_dirty+0x58/0x88 relocate_one_page+0x204/0x5f0 relocate_file_extent_cluster+0x11c/0x180 relocate_data_extent+0xd0/0xf8 relocate_block_group+0x3d0/0x4e8 btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x2d8/0x490 btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x54/0x1a8 btrfs_balance+0x7f4/0x1150 btrfs_ioctl+0x10f0/0x20b8 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x120/0x11d8 invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x80/0xd8 do_el0_svc+0x6c/0x158 el0_svc+0x50/0x1b0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198 Code: 91098021 b0007fa0 91346000 97e9c6d2 (d4210000) This is the same problem outlined in 17b17fcd6d44 ("btrfs: set_page_extent_mapped after read_folio in btrfs_cont_expand") , and the fix is the same. I originally looked for the same pattern elsewhere in our code, but mistakenly skipped over this code because I saw the page cache readahead before we set_page_extent_mapped, not realizing that this was only in the !page case, that we can still end up with a !uptodate page and then do the btrfs_read_folio further down. The fix here is the same as the above mentioned patch, move the set_page_extent_mapped call to after the btrfs_read_folio() block to make sure that we have the subpage blocksize stuff setup properly before using the page.
EPSS 0.21% · 10.8th percentile
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | Amazon Linux | 6.1.55-75.123.amzn2023 |
| kernel-tools-devel | Amazon Linux | 6.1.55-75.123.amzn2023 |
Risk scores
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 32443de3382be98c0a8b8f6f50d23da2e10c4117, 32443de3382be98c0a8b8f6f50d23da2e10c4117, 32443de3382be98c0a8b8f6f50d23da2e10c4117 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.12, 0, 6.1.54 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-tools-devel | 0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.12, 5.12, 5.12 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-libbpf-devel | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | python3-perf | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-tools | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-livepatch-6.1.55-75.123 | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 32443de3382be98c0a8b8f6f50d23da2e10c4117, 32443de3382be98c0a8b8f6f50d23da2e10c4117, 5.12 |
| amazon:2023 | perf | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-libbpf | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-headers | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-devel | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | kernel-libbpf-static | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | bpftool | 0 |
Timeline
- Dec 30, 2025 CVE Published
- Dec 31, 2025 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
- May 11, 2026 CVE Updated
- Jun 2, 2026 Security Advisory (25 in total, the first dated here)
- Jul 27, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Oct 4, 2026 Distribution Patch (24 in total, the first dated here)
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