# CVE-2022-50090: btrfs: replace BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE with fs_info->max_extent_size > A flaw in the Linux kernel Btrfs filesystem can cause metadata reservation exhaustion on zoned devices, leading to system warnings and potential denial of service. - **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 18 Jun 2025 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50090, GHSA-cxv9-gjhh-qgrr, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50090, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2022-50090, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50090 ## What is CVE-2022-50090? CVE-2022-50090 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. 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: replace BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE with fs_info->max_extent_size On zoned filesystem, data write out is limited by max_zone_append_size, and a large ordered extent is split according the size of a bio. OTOH, the number of extents to be written is calculated using BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE, and that estimated number is used to reserve the metadata bytes to update and/or create the metadata items. The metadata reservation is done at e.g, btrfs_buffered_write() and then released according to the estimation changes. Thus, if the number of extent increases massively, the reserved metadata can run out. The increase of the number of extents easily occurs on zoned filesystem if BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE > max_zone_append_size. And, it causes the following warning on a small RAM environment with disabling metadata over-commit (in the following patch). [75721.498492] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [75721.505624] BTRFS: block rsv 1 returned -28 [75721.512230] WARNING: CPU: 24 PID: 2327559 at fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c:537 btrfs_use_block_rsv+0x560/0x760 [btrfs] [75721.581854] CPU: 24 PID: 2327559 Comm: kworker/u64:10 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.18.0-rc2-BTRFS-ZNS+ #109 [75721.597200] Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/H12SSL-NT, BIOS 2.0 02/22/2021 [75721.607310] Workqueue: btrfs-endio-write btrfs_work_helper [btrfs] [75721.616209] RIP: 0010:btrfs_use_block_rsv+0x560/0x760 [btrfs] [75721.646649] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000fbdf3e0 EFLAGS: 00010286 [75721.654126] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000004000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [75721.663524] RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: fffff52001f7be6e [75721.672921] RBP: ffffc9000fbdf420 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff889f8d1fc6c7 [75721.682493] R10: ffffed13f1a3f8d8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88980a3c0e28 [75721.692284] R13: ffff889b66590000 R14: ffff88980a3c0e40 R15: ffff88980a3c0e8a [75721.701878] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff889f8d000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [75721.712601] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [75721.720726] CR2: 000055d12e05c018 CR3: 0000800193594000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 [75721.730499] Call Trace: [75721.735166] [75721.739886] btrfs_alloc_tree_block+0x1e1/0x1100 [btrfs] [75721.747545] ? btrfs_alloc_logged_file_extent+0x550/0x550 [btrfs] [75721.756145] ? btrfs_get_32+0xea/0x2d0 [btrfs] [75721.762852] ? btrfs_get_32+0xea/0x2d0 [btrfs] [75721.769520] ? push_leaf_left+0x420/0x620 [btrfs] [75721.776431] ? memcpy+0x4e/0x60 [75721.781931] split_leaf+0x433/0x12d0 [btrfs] [75721.788392] ? btrfs_get_token_32+0x580/0x580 [btrfs] [75721.795636] ? push_for_double_split.isra.0+0x420/0x420 [btrfs] [75721.803759] ? leaf_space_used+0x15d/0x1a0 [btrfs] [75721.811156] btrfs_search_slot+0x1bc3/0x2790 [btrfs] [75721.818300] ? lock_downgrade+0x7c0/0x7c0 [75721.824411] ? free_extent_buffer.part.0+0x107/0x200 [btrfs] [75721.832456] ? split_leaf+0x12d0/0x12d0 [btrfs] [75721.839149] ? free_extent_buffer.part.0+0x14f/0x200 [btrfs] [75721.846945] ? free_extent_buffer+0x13/0x20 [btrfs] [75721.853960] ? btrfs_release_path+0x4b/0x190 [btrfs] [75721.861429] btrfs_csum_file_blocks+0x85c/0x1500 [btrfs] [75721.869313] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x16/0x80 [75721.876085] ? lock_release+0x552/0xf80 [75721.881957] ? btrfs_del_csums+0x8c0/0x8c0 [btrfs] [75721.888886] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [75721.895152] ? do_raw_read_unlock+0x44/0x80 [75721.901323] ? _raw_write_lock_irq+0x60/0x80 [75721.907983] ? btrfs_global_root+0xb9/0xe0 [btrfs] [75721.915166] ? btrfs_csum_root+0x12b/0x180 [btrfs] [75721.921918] ? btrfs_get_global_root+0x820/0x820 [btrfs] [75721.929166] ? _raw_write_unlock+0x23/0x40 [75721.935116] ? unpin_extent_cache+0x1e3/0x390 [btrfs] [75721.942041] btrfs_finish_ordered_io.isra.0+0xa0c/0x1dc0 [btrfs] [75721.949906] ? try_to_wake_up+0x30/0x14a0 [75721.955700] ? btrfs_unlink_subvol+0xda0/0xda0 [btrfs] [75721.962661] ? rcu ---truncated--- ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50090? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-50090? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-50090 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50090 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [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-2022-50090 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-50090 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. 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-2022-50090 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-2022-50090/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50090/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50090 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50090 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50090 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50090/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.