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CVE-2026-98244

btrfs: clear free space tree creation state on rebuild failure

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.18.54, 7.2.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: clear free space tree creation state on rebuild failure btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree() sets BTRFS_FS_CREATING_FREE_SPACE_TREE before rebuilding the free space tree. Several error paths return without clearing this flag. The transaction restart failure path can leave the flag set on a live filesystem, causing delayed reference processing to be skipped. Clear it on all free space tree rebuild failure paths. Keep BTRFS_FS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_UNTRUSTED set, since a failed rebuild leaves the free space tree untrusted. Callers must fall back to extent-tree caching.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 882af9f13e830c0a4ef696bb72cd5998a5067a93 · fixed in a32bedab8ece9d1f90a1476a5b486a1804dc78ba; From 882af9f13e830c0a4ef696bb72cd5998a5067a93 · fixed in b1df2997d0cd2be7bef7b4ab64ccfd1019dedc81; From 882af9f13e830c0a4ef696bb72cd5998a5067a93 · fixed in 3565893cc72cdf6b795cf6a33e7ff9605322334d

  • Linux Linux

    6.14

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.14.0 · fixed in 6.18.54; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.8

References 3

git.kernel.org