CVE-2026-46164
btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.0 High
- Published
- May 28, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- May 13, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path
When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:
create_space_info_sub_group() -> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() -> kobject_init_and_add() -> failure -> kobject_put(&sub_group->kobj) -> space_info_release() -> kfree(sub_group)
Then control returns to create_space_info_sub_group(), where:
btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error -> kfree(sub_group)
Thus, sub_group is freed twice.
Keep parent->sub_group[index] = NULL for the failure path, but after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.0 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d59527cba6d59f0d77a75c1101ab4e69758bea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2a675f2e238ec96c8e91e2718c1f910c9c8fb21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b22be1dd844383eb03af9b1ee3b6b25d32aeaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd05a16b5c9d1d98b47905f37f2fccda52173d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259af6857a1b4f1e9ef8b780353f9d11c26a22bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7449edf96143f192606ec8647e3167e1ecbd728
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