# CVE-2022-49033: btrfs: qgroup: fix sleep from invalid context bug in btrfs_qgroup_inherit()

> A bug in the Linux kernel's btrfs filesystem causes a system crash when creating subvolumes, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49033, GHSA-wgxq-5c3g-fmq8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49033

## What is CVE-2022-49033?

CVE-2022-49033 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

btrfs: qgroup: fix sleep from invalid context bug in btrfs_qgroup_inherit()

Syzkaller reported BUG as follows:

  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
       include/linux/sched/mm.h:274
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134
   __might_resched.cold+0x222/0x26b
   kmem_cache_alloc+0x2e7/0x3c0
   update_qgroup_limit_item+0xe1/0x390
   btrfs_qgroup_inherit+0x147b/0x1ee0
   create_subvol+0x4eb/0x1710
   btrfs_mksubvol+0xfe5/0x13f0
   __btrfs_ioctl_snap_create+0x2b0/0x430
   btrfs_ioctl_snap_create_v2+0x25a/0x520
   btrfs_ioctl+0x2a1c/0x5ce0
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200
   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80

Fix this by calling qgroup_dirty() on @dstqgroup, and update limit item in
btrfs_run_qgroups() later outside of the spinlock context.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49033?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49033?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49033 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49033 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49033 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49033 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49033 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49033/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49033/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49033
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49033
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49033

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49033/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.