btrfs: skip global block reserve accounting for rescue mounts
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-74571 |
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Linux |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-08-15 13:18:02 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-08-15 13:18:02 UTC |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: skip global block reserve accounting for rescue mounts
[BUG]
Mounting with rescue=ibadroots after corrupting the block group tree
root triggers a NULL pointer dereference:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000100
RIP: 0010:btrfs_update_global_block_rsv+0x9d/0x1c0 [btrfs]
Call Trace:
fill_dummy_bgs+0xd4/0x120 [btrfs]
open_ctree+0xc6e/0x1ca0 [btrfs]
btrfs_get_tree+0x50d/0xa40 [btrfs]
The same crash occurs with a corrupted raid stripe tree root, via
btrfs_read_block_groups() instead of fill_dummy_bgs().
[CAUSE]
With rescue=ibadroots, btrfs_read_roots() allows the mount to continue
when either root cannot be read, leaving the corresponding root pointer
NULL while its on-disk feature bit remains set.
btrfs_update_global_block_rsv() then dereferences the missing root based
on the feature bit alone.
[FIX]
Rescue mounts are fully read-only and cannot start transactions, so the
global reserve is never consumed. Under btrfs_is_full_ro(), mark the
reserve as full and return before performing the accounting.
And since we need to check if the fs is mount fully RO, export
fs_is_full_ro() as btrfs_is_full_ro(), and move it to fs.h.
[ Squash the fs_is_full_ro() export commit into this one. ] |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 8dbfc14fc736eb701089aff09645c3d4ad3decb1 076349e4c8d11f6b58c4549976a513b2b4dc6df2 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 8dbfc14fc736eb701089aff09645c3d4ad3decb1 51a0e8399858621442807a26057bcd1cd3ced046 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected cbec34d3021d47007a0334c634f7053dbaf93d02 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 1e8087589b5cf6fa17adaf57b64cf1656d77dfec git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 6.1.43 6.2 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 6.4.8 6.5 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 6.5 |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.5 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.1.8 7.1.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.2-rc6 * original_commit_for_fix |
Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/076349e4c8d11f6b58c4549976a513b2b4dc6df2 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/51a0e8399858621442807a26057bcd1cd3ced046 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.