Bug 2559662 (CVE-2026-98960)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98960 kernel: btrfs: don't stash io_uring encoded data across -EAGAIN
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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. When handling asynchronous input/output (I/O) requests through the io_uring subsystem, allocated memory is not properly released if an operation encounters a retry condition and is canceled before completion. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a persistent kernel memory leak, potentially leading to system resource exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:55:59 UTC

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

btrfs: don't stash io_uring encoded data across -EAGAIN

Returning -EAGAIN while leaving btrfs_uring_encoded_data in the cmd PDU
leaks if the request is cancelled or the ring exits before reissue.
io_uring does not free driver PDU allocations on cleanup.

Write: io_queue_sqe() always issues with IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK first, so
return -EAGAIN before allocating and free data on every exit.

Read: free on nowait -EAGAIN too; only -EIOCBQUEUED keeps the allocation
for btrfs_uring_read_finished().