Bug 2514449 (CVE-2026-68442) - CVE-2026-68442 kernel: btrfs: don't propagate EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING to split extent maps
Summary: CVE-2026-68442 kernel: btrfs: don't propagate EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING to split ex...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68442
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-12 00:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-12 15:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-12 00:22:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: don't propagate EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING to split extent maps

When btrfs_drop_extent_map_range() splits an extent map, the new split
maps inherit the original map's flags through a local 'flags' variable.
Commit f86f7a75e2fb ("btrfs: use the flags of an extent map to identify
the compression type") changed the EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING clearing to
operate on em->flags instead of that local 'flags' copy, so a split of
an extent map that is currently being logged wrongly inherits
EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING.

The flag is then never cleared on the split, and when it is freed while
still on the inode's modified_extents list (for example by the extent
map shrinker) it trips the WARN_ON(!list_empty(&em->list)) in
btrfs_free_extent_map() and leads to a use-after-free.

Clear EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING from the local 'flags' copy used for the
splits and only clear EXTENT_FLAG_PINNED from em->flags, restoring the
behaviour prior to f86f7a75e2fb.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-12 15:12:19 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081256-CVE-2026-68442-db7a@gregkh/T


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