# CVE-2026-46129: btrfs: fix double free in create\_space\_info() error path

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88, 6.18.30
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.162, fixed in 6.1.175; from 6.6.122, fixed in 6.6.140; from 6.12.67, fixed in 6.12.88; from 6.18.7, fixed in 6.18.30
- Linux: 6.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is: create_space_info() -> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() -> kobject_init_and_add() -> failure -> kobject_put(&space_info->kobj) -> space_info_release() -> kfree(space_info) Then control returns to create_space_info(): btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error -> goto out_free -> kfree(space_info) This causes a double free. Keep the direct kfree(space_info) for the earlier failure path, but after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88, 6.18.30) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae6d6e31ceb72b7697c28a528e4923c08e3c2ef5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2670ec4aa49ca226bce9776601e0da37502be07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f414b3abbba59ef379a2b3c31f2bdd9358ed5e53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a060970fd7b5e1c561e4ce73cb9949e4269a738
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd6ade0fdd59218d71a981ae7c937a304e49209c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f487be81292702a59ea9dbc4088b3360a50e837

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