In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: free exchange changeset on failures
Fstests runs on my VMs have show several kmemleak reports like the following.
unreferenced object 0xffff88811ae59080 (size 64):
comm "xfs_io", pid 12124, jiffies 4294987392 (age 6.368s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 c0 1c 00 00 00 00 00 ff cf 1c 00 00 00 00 00 ................
90 97 e5 1a 81 88 ff ff 90 97 e5 1a 81 88 ff ff ................
backtrace:
[<00000000ac0176d2>] ulist_add_merge+0x60/0x150 [btrfs]
[<0000000076e9f312>] set_state_bits+0x86/0xc0 [btrfs]
[<0000000014fe73d6>] set_extent_bit+0x270/0x690 [btrfs]
[<000000004f675208>] set_record_extent_bits+0x19/0x20 [btrfs]
[<00000000b96137b1>] qgroup_reserve_data+0x274/0x310 [btrfs]
[<0000000057e9dcbb>] btrfs_check_data_free_space+0x5c/0xa0 [btrfs]
[<0000000019c4511d>] btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space+0x1b/0xa0 [btrfs]
[<000000006d37e007>] btrfs_dio_iomap_begin+0x415/0x970 [btrfs]
[<00000000fb8a74b8>] iomap_iter+0x161/0x1e0
[<0000000071dff6ff>] __iomap_dio_rw+0x1df/0x700
[<000000002567ba53>] iomap_dio_rw+0x5/0x20
[<0000000072e555f8>] btrfs_file_write_iter+0x290/0x530 [btrfs]
[<000000005eb3d845>] new_sync_write+0x106/0x180
[<000000003fb505bf>] vfs_write+0x24d/0x2f0
[<000000009bb57d37>] __x64_sys_pwrite64+0x69/0xa0
[<000000003eba3fdf>] do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90
In case brtfs_qgroup_reserve_data() or btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata()
fail the allocated extent_changeset will not be freed.
So in btrfs_check_data_free_space() and btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space()
free the allocated extent_changeset to get rid of the allocated memory.
The issue currently only happens in the direct IO write path, but only
after 65b3c08606e5 ("btrfs: fix ENOSPC failure when attempting direct IO
write into NOCOW range"), and also at defrag_one_locked_target(). Every
other place is always calling extent_changeset_free() even if its call
to btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space() or btrfs_check_data_free_space() has
failed.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it