CVE-2021-47189

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

btrfs: fix memory ordering between normal and ordered work functions

Ordered work functions aren't guaranteed to be handled by the same thread
which executed the normal work functions. The only way execution between
normal/ordered functions is synchronized is via the WORK_DONE_BIT,
unfortunately the used bitops don't guarantee any ordering whatsoever.

This manifested as seemingly inexplicable crashes on ARM64, where
async_chunk::inode is seen as non-null in async_cow_submit which causes
submit_compressed_extents to be called and crash occurs because
async_chunk::inode suddenly became NULL. The call trace was similar to:

    pc : submit_compressed_extents+0x38/0x3d0
    lr : async_cow_submit+0x50/0xd0
    sp : ffff800015d4bc20

    <registers omitted for brevity>

    Call trace:
     submit_compressed_extents+0x38/0x3d0
     async_cow_submit+0x50/0xd0
     run_ordered_work+0xc8/0x280
     btrfs_work_helper+0x98/0x250
     process_one_work+0x1f0/0x4ac
     worker_thread+0x188/0x504
     kthread+0x110/0x114
     ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

Fix this by adding respective barrier calls which ensure that all
accesses preceding setting of WORK_DONE_BIT are strictly ordered before
setting the flag. At the same time add a read barrier after reading of
WORK_DONE_BIT in run_ordered_work which ensures all subsequent loads
would be strictly ordered after reading the bit. This in turn ensures
are all accesses before WORK_DONE_BIT are going to be strictly ordered
before any access that can occur in ordered_func.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
LinuxCNA
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CISA-ADPADP
6.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 40%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
3.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.4.293
linuxlinux_kernel
4.5 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.291
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.256
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.218
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.162
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.82
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.5
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16:rc1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
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Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-97.110
released
bionic
pending
xenial
ignored
trusty
not-affected
linux-allwinner-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-aws
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not-affected
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Fixed 5.4.0-1064.67
released
bionic
pending
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
linux-aws-5.0
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dne
mantic
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jammy
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linux-aws-5.19
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jammy
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linux-aws-5.3
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linux-aws-5.4
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noble
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focal
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released
bionic
ignored
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1130.143~16.04.1
released
trusty
Fixed 4.15.0-1130.143~14.04.1
released
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dne
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linux-azure-5.3
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linux-azure-5.4
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linux-azure-5.8
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linux-gcp
noble
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released
bionic
ignored
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1115.129~16.04.1
released
linux-gcp-4.15
noble
dne
mantic
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jammy
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linux-gcp-5.15
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linux-gcp-5.19
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linux-gcp-5.3
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linux-gcp-5.4
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linux-gcp-5.8
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linux-gcp-6.2
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noble
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linux-gcp-fips
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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linux-gke
noble
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ignored
linux-gke-4.15
noble
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mantic
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linux-gke-5.15
noble
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linux-gke-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-gkeop
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1032.33
released
linux-gkeop-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-gkeop-5.4
noble
dne
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dne
jammy
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focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-hwe
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
ignored
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-167.175~16.04.1
released
linux-hwe-5.11
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-hwe-5.13
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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linux-hwe-5.15
noble
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mantic
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linux-hwe-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
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linux-hwe-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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bionic
pending
linux-hwe-5.8
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-hwe-6.2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-hwe-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
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linux-hwe-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
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focal
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dne
xenial
dne
trusty
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linux-hwe-edge
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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focal
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bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
linux-ibm
noble
not-affected
mantic
ignored
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1013.14
released
linux-ibm-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
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linux-ibm-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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focal
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bionic
pending
linux-intel
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jammy
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focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-intel-5.13
noble
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mantic
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jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-intel-iot-realtime
noble
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jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
dne
linux-intel-iotg
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-iot
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-kvm
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1054.56
released
bionic
pending
xenial
ignored
linux-laptop
noble
dne
mantic
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
noble
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mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-lts-xenial
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
trusty
ignored
linux-nvidia
noble
not-affected
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.5
noble
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mantic
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jammy
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focal
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linux-nvidia-6.8
noble
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jammy
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focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
noble
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
ignored
linux-oem-5.10
noble
dne
mantic
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jammy
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focal
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linux-oem-5.13
noble
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linux-oem-5.14
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linux-oem-5.17
noble
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linux-oem-5.6
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linux-oem-6.0
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linux-oem-6.1
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ignored
focal
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linux-oem-6.5
noble
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not-affected
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linux-oem-6.8
noble
not-affected
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1062.66
released
bionic
pending
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.94~16.04.1
released
linux-oracle-5.0
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
ignored
linux-oracle-5.11
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linux-oracle-5.13
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linux-oracle-5.15
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linux-oracle-5.3
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mantic
dne
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bionic
ignored
linux-oracle-5.4
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jammy
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pending
linux-oracle-5.8
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linux-oracle-6.5
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not-affected
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linux-raspi
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not-affected
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released
linux-raspi-5.4
noble
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mantic
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linux-raspi-realtime
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bionic
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linux-raspi2
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mantic
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jammy
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linux-realtime
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ignored
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
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linux-riscv
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not-affected
jammy
ignored
focal
ignored
linux-riscv-5.11
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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linux-riscv-5.15
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linux-riscv-5.19
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ignored
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linux-riscv-5.8
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linux-starfive
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linux-starfive-6.2
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