Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-98269
CVE-2026-98269
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking
If we fail to update the inode we error out without aborting the transaction, which can result in a persistent inconsistency if after the failure the transaction is committed, as we have dropped file extent items from a range and either punched a hole or insert a new file extent item for that range (for reflinks).
So add the missing transaction abort.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2605eb9ba3bbd4c9f455cfe6b85bd28a1da7067dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c68dc909845c049e0286d229bc502947239452nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/834a3b5c5f1ec0df48c1a6208f9989f4ffdaa0b6nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9588850bfa75c78ce73c2f6f72544d19d2e9beb6nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/97fcd34aa9fd73cefe3120ac9a82ca9d7763922fnvd
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