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btrfs: free iov when btrfs_uring_read_extent() fails

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: free iov when btrfs_uring_read_extent() fails After btrfs_uring_read_extent(), the caller always jumped to out_acct. That skips kfree(data->iov), which is only correct for -EIOCBQUEUED where the deferred path owns the iov. On failure, fall through to out_free instead.

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CVE-2026-98962

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-98962

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "34310c442e175f286b4c06ab5caa4e0b267ea31c",
        "lessThan": "7a3addbdc5ad1fd80541a6a4ff4e06cd1331530a",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "34310c442e175f286b4c06ab5caa4e0b267ea31c",
        "lessThan": "578ef517142420cf9d36b364ad4b3490b85469fb",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
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        "lessThan": "a8ea92830b3e0e163d4e829bdcb17ca83c0f951c",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/btrfs/ioctl.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.13"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.13",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.18.57",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.2.11",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.3",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/btrfs/ioctl.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
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CVE-2026-98962

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