{"id":"CVE-2026-98269","summary":"btrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking\n\nIf we fail to update the inode we error out without aborting the\ntransaction, which can result in a persistent inconsistency if after\nthe failure the transaction is committed, as we have dropped file\nextent items from a range and either punched a hole or insert a new file\nextent item for that range (for reflinks).\n\nSo add the missing transaction abort.","modified":"2026-10-07T02:47:33.849582026Z","published":"2026-10-06T08:45:31.727Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98269.json"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2605eb9ba3bbd4c9f455cfe6b85bd28a1da7067d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c68dc909845c049e0286d229bc502947239452"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/834a3b5c5f1ec0df48c1a6208f9989f4ffdaa0b6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9588850bfa75c78ce73c2f6f72544d19d2e9beb6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97fcd34aa9fd73cefe3120ac9a82ca9d7763922f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98269.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98269"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"2aaa66558172b017f36bf38ae69372813dedee9d"},{"fixed":"2605eb9ba3bbd4c9f455cfe6b85bd28a1da7067d"},{"fixed":"834a3b5c5f1ec0df48c1a6208f9989f4ffdaa0b6"},{"fixed":"9588850bfa75c78ce73c2f6f72544d19d2e9beb6"},{"fixed":"36c68dc909845c049e0286d229bc502947239452"},{"fixed":"97fcd34aa9fd73cefe3120ac9a82ca9d7763922f"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98269.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.158"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.112"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.54"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98269.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}