CVE-2026-89644 json
btrfs: fix extent map leak in NOCOW direct I/O write
published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2026-76556
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix extent map leak in NOCOW direct I/O write
btrfs_dio_iomap_begin() calls btrfs_get_extent(), which returns an extent map reference that must be dropped on all exit paths.
For direct writes into a NOCOW range, btrfs_get_blocks_direct_write() keeps using that extent map and asks btrfs_create_dio_extent() to allocate the ordered extent. If that fails, for example because btrfs_alloc_ordered_extent() fails, the function returns the error without dropping the input extent map. The PREALLOC path avoided this by dropping the input extent map before replacing it with the newly created one.
Check the error from btrfs_create_dio_extent() before replacing the map and drop the input extent map on failure.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.111, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89644
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89644
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1SUSE-SU-2026:4687-1SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1SUSE-SU-2026:24316-1SUSE-SU-2026:24315-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-100610
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d264d35df981e943171ddc09cd6cc1d38c65e17 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb732d302245b14943a5017015fffa8e6db7a6c0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7c873765875645b11503f94c9bae2ca80127375 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f42efd634c0ae7ba0ce2fc5e30e291b0803b0ae2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/05a1a816eef8b3e4332620a64fc8cf45c4eb5c0d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f950867c307c5413d628a153ac44915bd117ffd commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-89644 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: btrfs: fix extent map leak in NOCOW direct I/O write
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8d264d35df981e943171ddc09cd6cc1d38c65e17
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/cb732d302245b14943a5017015fffa8e6db7a6c0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b7c873765875645b11503f94c9bae2ca80127375
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f42efd634c0ae7ba0ce2fc5e30e291b0803b0ae2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/05a1a816eef8b3e4332620a64fc8cf45c4eb5c0d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3f950867c307c5413d628a153ac44915bd117ffd
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-89644
- NVD CVE-2026-89644
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