CVE-2026-98082

MEDIUM
5.5CVSS v3
—CVSS v2
0.12% EPSS (exploit probability)
CWE-401CWE

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix the possible bioc_list memory leak during error

There are two possible ways to leak bioc memory on
btrfs_ordered_extent::bioc_list:

- An error occurred for btrfs_insert_one_raid_extent()
Then the function btrfs_insert_raid_extent() immediately return
without freeing any bioc in the bioc_list.

- An ordered extent hit an IO error
In that case the ordered extent will have BTRFS_ORDERED_IOERR set, and
skip the call on btrfs_insert_raid_extent() completely.

Fix the problem by:

- Introduce a new helper, btrfs_cleanup_ordered_bioc_list()
Which will remove all bioc from the bioc_list, and release the bioc.

- Call the above helper for btrfs_insert_raid_extent()
So that the cleanup helper is always called no matter what.

- Call the above helper for btrfs_finish_one_ordered()
This is called just before the final release on the ordered extent.

This was reported by Sashiko when reviewing another patch.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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