4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> commit 42a657f57628402c73237547f0134e083e2f6764 upstream. The function relocate_block_group calls btrfs_end_transaction to release trans when update_backref_cache returns 1, and then continues the loop body. If btrfs_block_rsv_refill fails this time, it will jump out the loop and the freed trans will be accessed. This may result in a use-after-free bug. The patch assigns NULL to trans after trans is released so that it will not be accessed. Fixes: 0647bf564f1 ("Btrfs: improve forever loop when doing balance relocation") CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.4+ Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/btrfs/relocation.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c @@ -3963,6 +3963,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int relocate_b restart: if (update_backref_cache(trans, &rc->backref_cache)) { btrfs_end_transaction(trans); + trans = NULL; continue; }