Bug 2546520 (CVE-2026-98244) - CVE-2026-98244 kernel: btrfs: clear free space tree creation state on rebuild failure
Summary: CVE-2026-98244 kernel: btrfs: clear free space tree creation state on rebuild...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98244
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-06 09:37 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-11 06:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:37:59 UTC
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.


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