CVE-2026-46164
btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path
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Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2a675f2e238ec96c8e91e2718c1f910c9c8fb21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b22be1dd844383eb03af9b1ee3b6b25d32aeaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd05a16b5c9d1d98b47905f37f2fccda52173d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259af6857a1b4f1e9ef8b780353f9d11c26a22bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7449edf96143f192606ec8647e3167e1ecbd728
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