CVE-2026-68422

CVE-2026-68422

published August 10, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix root leak if its reloc root is unexpected in merge_reloc_roots()

If we have an unexpected reloc_root for our root, we jump to the out label

but never drop the reference we obtained for root, resulting in a leak.

Add a missing btrfs_put_root() call.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00215 · 11.3th percentile
Published
2026-08-10T17:20Z
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 12:04Z
    btrfs: fix root leak if its reloc root is unexpected in merge_reloc_roots()
    cvelistv5