GHSA-424M-4R3P-F43G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-22 18:30 – Updated: 2026-08-22 18:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix memory leak in btrfs_do_encoded_write()
Local fuzzing of 6.12.94 has found the following memory leak:
Unreferenced object 0xffff888018050a80 (size 64): comm "syz.0.17", pid 10297, jiffies 4294953601 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 10 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff 10 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc a8a6fc29): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] extent_changeset_alloc fs/btrfs/extent_io.h:207 [inline] qgroup_reserve_data+0x1c5/0x7d0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4305 btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data+0x2e/0xb0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4355 btrfs_do_encoded_write+0x92e/0x1040 fs/btrfs/inode.c:9746 btrfs_encoded_write fs/btrfs/file.c:1482 [inline] btrfs_do_write_iter+0x280/0x610 fs/btrfs/file.c:1507 btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write+0x3d6/0x490 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:4738 btrfs_ioctl+0x6f9/0xc90 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xbe/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Unreferenced object 0xffff888018050a00 (size 64): comm "syz.0.17", pid 10297, jiffies 4294953601 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 90 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff 90 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc cb5c9580): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline] ulist_prealloc+0x9c/0x110 fs/btrfs/ulist.c:114 extent_changeset_prealloc fs/btrfs/extent_io.h:217 [inline] __set_extent_bit+0x16b/0x1a70 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1086 set_record_extent_bits+0x50/0x90 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1821 qgroup_reserve_data+0x274/0x7d0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4312 btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data+0x2e/0xb0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4355 btrfs_do_encoded_write+0x92e/0x1040 fs/btrfs/inode.c:9746 btrfs_encoded_write fs/btrfs/file.c:1482 [inline] btrfs_do_write_iter+0x280/0x610 fs/btrfs/file.c:1507 btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write+0x3d6/0x490 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:4738 btrfs_ioctl+0x6f9/0xc90 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xbe/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Fix this by freeing an extent changeset before returning from btrfs_do_encoded_write().
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-74722"
],
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"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-22T16:16:47Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix memory leak in btrfs_do_encoded_write()\n\nLocal fuzzing of 6.12.94 has found the following memory leak:\n\nUnreferenced object 0xffff888018050a80 (size 64):\n comm \"syz.0.17\", pid 10297, jiffies 4294953601\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 10 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff 10 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff ................\n backtrace (crc a8a6fc29):\n kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline]\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline]\n extent_changeset_alloc fs/btrfs/extent_io.h:207 [inline]\n qgroup_reserve_data+0x1c5/0x7d0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4305\n btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data+0x2e/0xb0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4355\n btrfs_do_encoded_write+0x92e/0x1040 fs/btrfs/inode.c:9746\n btrfs_encoded_write fs/btrfs/file.c:1482 [inline]\n btrfs_do_write_iter+0x280/0x610 fs/btrfs/file.c:1507\n btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write+0x3d6/0x490 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:4738\n btrfs_ioctl+0x6f9/0xc90 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xbe/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nUnreferenced object 0xffff888018050a00 (size 64):\n comm \"syz.0.17\", pid 10297, jiffies 4294953601\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 90 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff 90 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff ................\n backtrace (crc cb5c9580):\n kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline]\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline]\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline]\n ulist_prealloc+0x9c/0x110 fs/btrfs/ulist.c:114\n extent_changeset_prealloc fs/btrfs/extent_io.h:217 [inline]\n __set_extent_bit+0x16b/0x1a70 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1086\n set_record_extent_bits+0x50/0x90 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1821\n qgroup_reserve_data+0x274/0x7d0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4312\n btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data+0x2e/0xb0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4355\n btrfs_do_encoded_write+0x92e/0x1040 fs/btrfs/inode.c:9746\n btrfs_encoded_write fs/btrfs/file.c:1482 [inline]\n btrfs_do_write_iter+0x280/0x610 fs/btrfs/file.c:1507\n btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write+0x3d6/0x490 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:4738\n btrfs_ioctl+0x6f9/0xc90 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xbe/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFix this by freeing an extent changeset before returning from\nbtrfs_do_encoded_write().",
"id": "GHSA-424m-4r3p-f43g",
"modified": "2026-08-22T18:30:30Z",
"published": "2026-08-22T18:30:30Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74722"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0da96ccb1b9f35f4d3d4540dcaab0969d9d6b0"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20c0eeb4313f9f89d47b80b672b5846f9827cb31"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24a8f2c29aebb753ccb962fbb25bae18d7978f6e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2c7e88815edd5ecfb88e7660ab9fd42bda6bc47"
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