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

CVE-2026-31666
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 < 4125a194db4a6cf91f619f38788272651cb97dce ; affected 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 < 450e6a685d0cad95b15f8af152057bd0bf79f50b ; affected 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 < ab1e022379c3c811aa72da8eb0c7507859a1d0f5 ; affected 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 < 316fb1b3169efb081d2db910cbbfef445afa03b9
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.10 ; unaffected 0 < 6.10 ; unaffected 6.12.82 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.23 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19.13 ≤ 6.19.* ; unaffected 7.0 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD