Bug 2541012 (CVE-2026-98091)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98091 kernel: btrfs: detach failed sprout device from transaction update list
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Btrfs file system. A local user with permissions to perform file system operations could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a system crash or potentially corrupt system memory. The issue occurs when error handling during sprout device chunk initialization fails to properly unlink the device before releasing it, leaving active kernel transactions referencing freed memory in a use-after-free condition.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:37:27 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: detach failed sprout device from transaction update list

When creating the first metadata chunk for a sprout filesystem,
create_chunk() adds the new device to the transaction dev_update_list
through device->post_commit_list.

If the subsequent system chunk creation fails, btrfs_init_new_device()
aborts the transaction and releases the device while post_commit_list is
still linked. This triggers a warning in btrfs_free_device() and leaves
the transaction list referencing freed memory.

Detach the device while holding chunk_mutex before releasing it.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-09-25 18:23:11 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98091.mbox