# CVE-2023-54080: btrfs: zoned: skip splitting and logical rewriting on pre-alloc write > A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's btrfs zoned storage code can cause a system crash during relocation operations. - **Severity:** Not scored - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 24 Dec 2025 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54080, GHSA-vmmw-67m5-v7rp, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54080 ## What is CVE-2023-54080? CVE-2023-54080 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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: zoned: skip splitting and logical rewriting on pre-alloc write When doing a relocation, there is a chance that at the time of btrfs_reloc_clone_csums(), there is no checksum for the corresponding region. In this case, btrfs_finish_ordered_zoned()'s sum points to an invalid item and so ordered_extent's logical is set to some invalid value. Then, btrfs_lookup_block_group() in btrfs_zone_finish_endio() failed to find a block group and will hit an assert or a null pointer dereference as following. This can be reprodcued by running btrfs/028 several times (e.g, 4 to 16 times) with a null_blk setup. The device's zone size and capacity is set to 32 MB and the storage size is set to 5 GB on my setup. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000088-0x000000000000008f] CPU: 6 PID: 3105720 Comm: kworker/u16:13 Tainted: G W 6.5.0-rc6-kts+ #1 Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/X10SRL-F, BIOS 2.0 12/17/2015 Workqueue: btrfs-endio-write btrfs_work_helper [btrfs] RIP: 0010:btrfs_zone_finish_endio.part.0+0x34/0x160 [btrfs] Code: 41 54 49 89 fc 55 48 89 f5 53 e8 57 7d fc ff 48 8d b8 88 00 00 00 48 89 c3 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 > 3c 02 00 0f 85 02 01 00 00 f6 83 88 00 00 00 01 0f 84 a8 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffff88833cf87b08 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000011 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000088 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed102877b827 R10: ffff888143bdc13b R11: ffff888125b1cbc0 R12: ffff888143bdc000 R13: 0000000000007000 R14: ffff888125b1cba8 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88881e500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f3ed85223d5 CR3: 00000001519b4005 CR4: 00000000001706e0 Call Trace: ? die_addr+0x3c/0xa0 ? exc_general_protection+0x148/0x220 ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30 ? btrfs_zone_finish_endio.part.0+0x34/0x160 [btrfs] ? btrfs_zone_finish_endio.part.0+0x19/0x160 [btrfs] btrfs_finish_one_ordered+0x7b8/0x1de0 [btrfs] ? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0xb0 ? lock_release+0x47a/0x620 ? btrfs_finish_ordered_zoned+0x59b/0x800 [btrfs] ? __pfx_btrfs_finish_one_ordered+0x10/0x10 [btrfs] ? btrfs_finish_ordered_zoned+0x358/0x800 [btrfs] ? __smp_call_single_queue+0x124/0x350 ? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0xb0 btrfs_work_helper+0x19f/0xc60 [btrfs] ? __pfx_try_to_wake_up+0x10/0x10 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50 ? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0xb0 process_one_work+0x8c1/0x1430 ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x52/0x60 worker_thread+0x100/0x12c0 ? __kthread_parkme+0xc1/0x1f0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x2ea/0x3c0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x30/0x70 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 On the zoned mode, writing to pre-allocated region means data relocation write. Such write always uses WRITE command so there is no need of splitting and rewriting logical address. Thus, we can just skip the function for the case. ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54080? ## How do I fix CVE-2023-54080? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2023-54080 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54080 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54080 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2023-54080 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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-2023-54080 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux. 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-2023-54080/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54080/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54080 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54080 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54080 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54080/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.