CVE-2026-89644

CVE-2026-89644

published September 12, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

btrfs: fix extent map leak in NOCOW direct I/O write

btrfs_dio_iomap_begin() calls btrfs_get_extent(), which returns an

extent map reference that must be dropped on all exit paths.

For direct writes into a NOCOW range, btrfs_get_blocks_direct_write()

keeps using that extent map and asks btrfs_create_dio_extent() to

allocate the ordered extent. If that fails, for example because

btrfs_alloc_ordered_extent() fails, the function returns the error

without dropping the input extent map. The PREALLOC path avoided this by

dropping the input extent map before replacing it with the newly created

one.

Check the error from btrfs_create_dio_extent() before replacing the

map and drop the input extent map on failure.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.8th percentile
Published
2026-09-12T00:19Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 SEP 03:23Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 11 SEP 19:45Z
    btrfs: fix extent map leak in NOCOW direct I/O write
    cvelistv5