# CVE-2022-49831: btrfs: zoned: initialize device's zone info for seeding

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: initialize device's zone info for seeding When performing seeding on a zoned filesystem it is necessary to initialize each zoned device's btrfs_zoned_device_info structure, otherwise mounting the filesystem will cause a NULL pointer dereference. This was uncovered by fstests' testcase btrfs/163.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91c38504e589dadbcde47b1cacdfc5b684154d44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/544f38a738343d7e75f104e5e9d1ade58d8b71bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d1b1647bf8244a5f270538e9e636e2657fffa3

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