CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-98269

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's btrfs filesystem, during hole punching and reflinking operations, if inode update fails, the transaction is not aborted. This can lead to persistent inconsistency if the transaction is committed after the failure, as file extent items have been dropped from a range and either a hole was punched or a new file extent item was inserted.

Risk Assessment

The risk is potential persistent filesystem inconsistency in btrfs, which could lead to data corruption or integrity issues after reboot.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds the missing transaction abort on inode update failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking If we fail to update the inode we error out without aborting the transaction, which can result in a persistent inconsistency if after the failure the transaction is committed, as we have dropped file extent items from a range and either punched a hole or insert a new file extent item for that range (for reflinks). So add the missing transaction abort.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS