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CVE-2026-90260NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: zoned: don't clobber the extent buffer when zeroing it out
On a zoned filesystem a freed-but-still-dirty tree block is written out
as zeros (EXTENT_BUFFER_ZONED_ZEROOUT) only to keep the zone write
pointer advancing. btree_csum_one_bio() implemented this by memzeroing
the extent buffer's own folios before submission.
That destroys the in-memory buffer while it may still be referenced. In
particular btrfs_free_tree_block() can run on it afterwards and reads
the header to add a delayed reference; once the header has been zeroed
it frees bytenr 0 and corrupts the extent tree (the
btrfs_header_bytenr(buf) != 0 ASSERT in btrfs_free_tree_block(), or an
"unable to find ref" abort). It is flaky and reproduces under fsstress,
e.g. generic/461 and generic/013.
Write the zeros to disk from the shared zero page instead and leave the
extent buffer content untouched, so any later reference - including the
delayed reference from btrfs_free_tree_block() - still sees a valid
header. end_bbio_meta_write() now clears writeback on the buffer's own
folios, as the bio no longer carries them.
btrfs: zoned: don't clobber the extent buffer when zeroing it out
On a zoned filesystem a freed-but-still-dirty tree block is written out
as zeros (EXTENT_BUFFER_ZONED_ZEROOUT) only to keep the zone write
pointer advancing. btree_csum_one_bio() implemented this by memzeroing
the extent buffer's own folios before submission.
That destroys the in-memory buffer while it may still be referenced. In
particular btrfs_free_tree_block() can run on it afterwards and reads
the header to add a delayed reference; once the header has been zeroed
it frees bytenr 0 and corrupts the extent tree (the
btrfs_header_bytenr(buf) != 0 ASSERT in btrfs_free_tree_block(), or an
"unable to find ref" abort). It is flaky and reproduces under fsstress,
e.g. generic/461 and generic/013.
Write the zeros to disk from the shared zero page instead and leave the
extent buffer content untouched, so any later reference - including the
delayed reference from btrfs_free_tree_block() - still sees a valid
header. end_bbio_meta_write() now clears writeback on the buffer's own
folios, as the bio no longer carries them.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.1 (HIGH)
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
Affected & Patched Versions
- Linux Linux >= aa6313e6ff2bfbf736a2739047bba355d8241584 and < 92484ad014f2e2b0e0e7bbc1610951e978cf557c
- Linux Linux >= aa6313e6ff2bfbf736a2739047bba355d8241584 and < 98e3747587f9f87f010d8d7e55786216249a94af
- Linux Linux >= aa6313e6ff2bfbf736a2739047bba355d8241584 and < db4b9eefc8ee0bcaeee4d5e6a7313905f6a2fe7c
- Linux Linux >= 6.8
- Linux Linux 92484ad014f2e2b0e0e7bbc1610951e978cf557c
- Linux Linux 98e3747587f9f87f010d8d7e55786216249a94af
- Linux Linux db4b9eefc8ee0bcaeee4d5e6a7313905f6a2fe7c