[ CVE-2026-98081 · Published 25 Sep 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Linux
[ Description ]Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: finish active block group cleanup if call_zone_finish() fails do_zone_finish() clears BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_ZONE_IS_ACTIVE before finishing the zones. If call_zone_finish() then fails it returned early, leaving the now inactive block group on fs_info->zone_active_bgs, leaking its reference, the BTRFS_FS_NEED_ZONE_FINISH waiters are never woken, and as its alloc_offset equals the zone capacity btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg() keeps selecting it, spinning btrfs_zoned_activate_one_bg(). Fall through to the cleanup on failure too and return the error, but keep the block group read-only as its zones are left inconsistent.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories
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CERT-FRCERTFR-2026-AVI-1289
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian LTS Linux kernel Translated from French
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian LTS Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.
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CERT-FRCERTFR-2026-AVI-1253
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian Linux kernel Translated from French
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.
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BSI CERT-BundWID-SEC-2026-3579
Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German
[ References ]References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b9cdab44848f25879ca625275c92b007f84653
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/40370f02a1ca3760f8925ffcbe76eb4d91ea758d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/433d52b196a689b18dcfadc7cf6c784f0e5cc7c9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a18a6b93a2843b9d103d3456bbd4b3f90282a379
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b168a53174b385e3548bfbd079513b22ac240c