btrfs: always return -EIOCBQUEUED after btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: always return -EIOCBQUEUED after btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio If all bios finish before btrfs_encoded_read_regular_fill_pages() returns, it calls btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio() and previously returned the I/O status. A negative errno then made btrfs_uring_read_extent() unlock and free while btrfs_uring_read_finished() did the same again. Return -EIOCBQUEUED so only the deferred path cleans up.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.18.57, 7.2.11
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-98963
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
btrfs: always return -EIOCBQUEUED after btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Oct 2026, 12:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: always return -EIOCBQUEUED after btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio If all bios finish before btrfs_encoded_read_regular_fill_pages() returns, it calls btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio() and previously returned the I/O status. A negative errno then made btrfs_uring_read_extent() unlock and free while btrfs_uring_read_finished() did the same again. Return -EIOCBQUEUED so only the deferred path cleans up.
osv:CVE-2026-98963
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.18.57, 7.2.11
Complete source record
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