High 7.5Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-74321btrfs: fix invalid pointer dereference in __btrfs_run_delayed_refs()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 29, 2026, 2:40 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix invalid pointer dereference in __btrfs_run_delayed_refs() In the beginning of the loop, we try to obtain a locked delayed ref head, if 'locked_ref' is currently NULL, by calling btrfs_select_ref_head(), which can return an error pointer. If the error pointer is -EAGAIN we do a continue and go back to the beginning of the loop, which will not try again to call btrfs_select_ref_head() since 'locked_ref' is no longer NULL but it's ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN), and then we do: spin_lock(&locked_ref->lock); against a ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN) value, generating an invalid pointer dereference. Fix this by ensuring that 'locked_ref' is set to NULL when btrfs_select_ref_head() returns ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN) and incrementing 'count' as well, to prevent infinite looping. We do this by doing a goto to the bottom of the loop that already sets 'locked_ref' to NULL and does a cond_resched(), with an increment to 'count' right before the goto. These measures were in place before the refactoring in commit 0110a4c43451 ("btrfs: refactor __btrfs_run_delayed_refs loop") but were unintentionally lost afterwards.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 before c372ca227e16bace86f1df1fa4ae6849e2fcfa28; from 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 before a71143590ce9764dbcb47617647592ff8b4d48bc; from 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 before 65770111a2d47c2b15e20b2ba92bb12198f289d4; 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 builds before 015dc4a1e0c2cba551d4620eba13d26d5081dc34; from 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 before ba9fa2ff5981589bb49094d3358c339b37c47f53; 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 builds before 3b15d02be05e74321adb1e0ae0cb4ccfba7c6cb1; 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 builds before 9faa6b69ad73f03c7bde53e07d75a28822dc9a1a; from 0110a4c43451533de1ea1bbdc57b5d452f9d8b25 before 486f8298b6188ff11ef1f4be7f1d5d2e4d1b1fae	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c372ca227e16bace86f1df1fa4ae6849e2fcfa28
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a71143590ce9764dbcb47617647592ff8b4d48bc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65770111a2d47c2b15e20b2ba92bb12198f289d4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015dc4a1e0c2cba551d4620eba13d26d5081dc34
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9fa2ff5981589bb49094d3358c339b37c47f53
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b15d02be05e74321adb1e0ae0cb4ccfba7c6cb1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9faa6b69ad73f03c7bde53e07d75a28822dc9a1a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486f8298b6188ff11ef1f4be7f1d5d2e4d1b1fae

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