CVE-2024-44972

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, specifically in the btrfs filesystem. The issue occurs when using subpage and zoned cases, which can lead to a data leak at unmount time. The vulnerability can be triggered by a specific workload, including commands such as mkfs.btrfs, mount, fsstress, and umount. The dmesg includes warnings related to rsv leak detection and btrfs destroy inode. The vulnerability is caused by not clearing the page dirty flag inside the extent write locked range function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.