CVE-2026-98081

btrfs: zoned: finish active block group cleanup if call_zone_finish() fails

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Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: finish active block group cleanup if call_zone_finish() fails do_zone_finish() clears BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_ZONE_IS_ACTIVE before finishing the zones. If call_zone_finish() then fails it returned early, leaving the now inactive block group on fs_info->zone_active_bgs, leaking its reference, the BTRFS_FS_NEED_ZONE_FINISH waiters are never woken, and as its alloc_offset equals the zone capacity btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg() keeps selecting it, spinning btrfs_zoned_activate_one_bg(). Fall through to the cleanup on failure too and return the error, but keep the block group read-only as its zones are left inconsistent.

Affected

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

5.19d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb
Vendor states this is fixed in 36b9cdab44848f25879ca625275c92b007f84653 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 40370f02a1ca3760f8925ffcbe76eb4d91ea758d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a18a6b93a2843b9d103d3456bbd4b3f90282a379 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e1b168a53174b385e3548bfbd079513b22ac240c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (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 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc2 (unaffected)

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