CVE-2025-71269
Published: March 19, 2026Last modified: April 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not free data reservation in fallback from inline due to -ENOSPC If we fail to create an inline extent due to -ENOSPC, we will attempt to go through the normal COW path, reserve an extent, create an ordered extent, etc. However we were always freeing the reserved qgroup data, which is wrong since we will use data. Fix this by freeing the reserved qgroup data in __cow_file_range_inline() only if we are not doing the fallback (ret is <= 0).
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.168-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.81-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.85-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a1fbbd780f04d1b6cf48dd327c866ba937de1c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9fd45afadec1fbfec72057b9473d509fa8b68c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3edd1f6c7c520536b62b2904807033597554dbac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6de3a371a8b9fd095198b1aa68c22cc10a4c6961
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8da41de0bff9eb1d774a7253da0c9f637c4470a