Riskcovery

CVE-2026-31666

btrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing leaf in lookup_extent_data_ref()

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Mar 9, 2026

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Description

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

btrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing leaf in lookup_extent_data_ref()

After commit 1618aa3c2e01 ("btrfs: simplify return variables in lookup_extent_data_ref()"), the err and ret variables were merged into a single ret variable. However, when btrfs_next_leaf() returns 0 (success), ret is overwritten from -ENOENT to 0. If the first key in the next leaf does not match (different objectid or type), the function returns 0 instead of -ENOENT, making the caller believe the lookup succeeded when it did not. This can lead to operations on the wrong extent tree item, potentially causing extent tree corruption.

Fix this by returning -ENOENT directly when the key does not match, instead of relying on the ret variable.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to before 4125a194db4a6cf91f619f38788272651cb97dceAffected
  • 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to before 450e6a685d0cad95b15f8af152057bd0bf79f50bAffected
  • 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to before ab1e022379c3c811aa72da8eb0c7507859a1d0f5Affected
  • 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to before 316fb1b3169efb081d2db910cbbfef445afa03b9Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.10Affected
  • before 6.10Not affected
  • 6.12.82 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.23 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.13 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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