CVE-2026-46164
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is: create_space_info_sub_group() ->…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is: create_space_info_sub_group() -> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() -> kobject_init_and_add() -> failure -> kobject_put(&sub_group->kobj) -> space_info_release() -> kfree(sub_group) Then control returns to create_space_info_sub_group(), where: btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error -> kfree(sub_group) Thus, sub_group is freed twice. Keep parent->sub_group[index] = NULL for the failure path, but after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b22be1dd844383eb03af9b1ee3b6b25d32aeafPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259af6857a1b4f1e9ef8b780353f9d11c26a22bdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7449edf96143f192606ec8647e3167e1ecbd728Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d59527cba6d59f0d77a75c1101ab4e69758bea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2a675f2e238ec96c8e91e2718c1f910c9c8fb21Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd05a16b5c9d1d98b47905f37f2fccda52173d1Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.