GHSA-RV72-F625-5H95

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-28 12:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path

When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:

create_space_info_sub_group() -> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() -> kobject_init_and_add() -> failure -> kobject_put(&sub_group->kobj) -> space_info_release() -> kfree(sub_group)

Then control returns to create_space_info_sub_group(), where:

btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error -> kfree(sub_group)

Thus, sub_group is freed twice.

Keep parent->sub_group[index] = NULL for the failure path, but after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-46164"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T10:16:32Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path\n\nWhen kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:\n\ncreate_space_info_sub_group()\n-\u003e btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type()\n-\u003e kobject_init_and_add()\n-\u003e failure\n-\u003e kobject_put(\u0026sub_group-\u003ekobj)\n-\u003e space_info_release()\n-\u003e kfree(sub_group)\n\nThen control returns to create_space_info_sub_group(), where:\n\nbtrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error\n-\u003e kfree(sub_group)\n\nThus, sub_group is freed twice.\n\nKeep parent-\u003esub_group[index] = NULL for the failure path, but after\nbtrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let the\nkobject release callback handle the cleanup.",
  "id": "GHSA-rv72-f625-5h95",
  "modified": "2026-05-28T12:30:31Z",
  "published": "2026-05-28T12:30:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46164"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b22be1dd844383eb03af9b1ee3b6b25d32aeaf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259af6857a1b4f1e9ef8b780353f9d11c26a22bd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7449edf96143f192606ec8647e3167e1ecbd728"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2a675f2e238ec96c8e91e2718c1f910c9c8fb21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd05a16b5c9d1d98b47905f37f2fccda52173d1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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