VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-56774
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-01-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: add a sanity check for btrfs root in btrfs_search_slot() Syzbot reports a null-ptr-deref in btrfs_search_slot(). The reproducer is using rescue=ibadroots, and the extent tree root is corrupted thus the extent tree is NULL. When scrub tries to search the extent tree to gather the needed extent info, btrfs_search_slot() doesn't check if the target root is NULL or not, resulting the null-ptr-deref. Add sanity check for btrfs root before using it in btrfs_search_slot().
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-476