CVE-2026-98279

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: handle lack of space when cleaning up verity items When enable_verity() hits the qgroup limit, rollback_verity() needs its own metadata reservation. When the qgroup limit or lack of space refuses the rollback, the whole filesystem is forced read-only even though the qgroup limit was for one subvolume only. Also orphan cleanup at the next mount fails the same way, so the leftover items are never removed: with -EDQUOT the subvolume stays unreachable, and with -ENOSPC on a full filesystem the next read-write mount fails. Start transactions with btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv() in btrfs_orphan_cleanup(), drop_verity_items() and rollback_verity(). Those calls only delete items and free the space in the end, so they may use the global reserve and skip the qgroup limit, which avoids -ENOSPC and -EDQUOT.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-06 09:18:17.783000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:29.343000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98279",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:17.783",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:29.343",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: handle lack of space when cleaning up verity items\n\nWhen enable_verity() hits the qgroup limit, rollback_verity() needs its\nown metadata reservation. When the qgroup limit or lack of space refuses\nthe rollback, the whole filesystem is forced read-only even though the\nqgroup limit was for one subvolume only. Also orphan cleanup at the next\nmount fails the same way, so the leftover items are never removed: with\n-EDQUOT the subvolume stays unreachable, and with -ENOSPC on a full\nfilesystem the next read-write mount fails.\n\nStart transactions with btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv() in\nbtrfs_orphan_cleanup(), drop_verity_items() and rollback_verity(). Those\ncalls only delete items and free the space in the end, so they may use\nthe global reserve and skip the qgroup limit, which avoids -ENOSPC and\n-EDQUOT."
    }
  ],
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