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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2026· Updated Aug 19, 2026

CVE-2026-68422

CVE-2026-68422

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix root leak if its reloc root is unexpected in merge_reloc_roots()

If we have an unexpected reloc_root for our root, we jump to the out label but never drop the reference we obtained for root, resulting in a leak. Add a missing btrfs_put_root() call.

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