CVE-2026-97415

btrfs: tree-checker: validate names in ROOT_REF and ROOT_BACKREF

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2026 at 04:03 PM UTC
Updated: October 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: tree-checker: validate names in ROOT_REF and ROOT_BACKREF ROOT_REF and ROOT_BACKREF items contain a struct btrfs_root_ref followed by the subvolume name. Several readers assume that this layout is already valid and then use the on-disk name length directly. A corrupted item can therefore make those readers address bytes outside the item, and BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO can copy too many bytes into its fixed-size UAPI name buffer. Validate ROOT_REF and ROOT_BACKREF items in tree-checker before any reader uses them. Reject records that do not contain a non-empty name, whose name_len does not exactly describe the remaining item payload, or whose name exceeds BTRFS_NAME_LEN. For BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO, copy only the validated on-disk name_len instead of deriving the copy length from the item size. The ioctl result is zeroed when allocated. That leaves the existing trailing zero byte untouched.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.18 ≤ v < 6.1.1894.18 ≤ v < 6.12.1114.18 ≤ v < 6.18.534.18 ≤ v < 6.6.1584.18 ≤ v < 7.24.18b64ec075bded2b30bcd90af5aa5256d2237c885d
Vendor states this is fixed in 0af37c217edf15fa21dac1c40822086df356c6bb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1370badf6b823ce3cde39a65f46f9e5dc7b4bf43 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 74f577c722c99248d804eca18e7de7c5e47549d7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9154542070ca7eadb3c764a882f39a127677854b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ba6c4fc662853f6662e4db060cf88ee994053e21 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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