CVE-2026-98081

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98081
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98081.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98081
Downstream
Published
2026-09-25T10:24:18Z
Modified
2026-09-26T03:48:42Z
Summary
btrfs: zoned: finish active block group cleanup if call_zone_finish() fails
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98081.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb
Fixed
36b9cdab44848f25879ca625275c92b007f84653
Fixed
40370f02a1ca3760f8925ffcbe76eb4d91ea758d
Fixed
e1b168a53174b385e3548bfbd079513b22ac240c
Fixed
a18a6b93a2843b9d103d3456bbd4b3f90282a379

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98081.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.19.0
Fixed
6.12.111
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.53
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98081.json"