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TI-2026-33659 Aliases CVE-2026-45934GHSA-62rp-r79h-7q8x

btrfs: fix EEXIST abort due to non-consecutive gaps in chunk allocation

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix EEXIST abort due to non-consecutive gaps in chunk allocation I have been observing a number of systems aborting at insert_dev_extents() in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(). The following is a sample stack trace of such an abort coming from forced chunk allocation (typically behind CONFIG_BTRFS_EXPERIMENTAL) but this can theoretically happen to any DUP chunk allocation. [81.801] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [81.801] BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -17) [81.801] WARNING: fs/btrfs/block-group.c:2876 at btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x721/0x770 [btrfs], CPU#1: bash/319 [81.802] Modules linked in: virtio_net btrfs xor zstd_compress raid6_pq null_blk [81.803] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 319 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.19.0-rc6+ #319 NONE [81.803] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014 [81.804] RIP: 0010:btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x723/0x770 [btrfs] [81.806] RSP: 0018:ffffa36241a6bce8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [81.806] RAX: 000000000000000d RBX: ffff8e699921e400 RCX: 0000000000000000 [81.807] RDX: 0000000002040001 RSI: 00000000ffffffef RDI: ffffffffc0608bf0 [81.807] RBP: 00000000ffffffef R08: ffff8e69830f6000 R09: 0000000000000007 [81.808] R10: ffff8e699921e5e8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8e6999228000 [81.808] R13: ffff8e6984d82000 R14: ffff8e69966a69c0 R15: ffff8e69aa47b000 [81.809] FS: 00007fec6bdd9740(0000) GS:ffff8e6b1b379000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [81.809] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [81.810] CR2: 00005604833670f0 CR3: 0000000116679000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [81.810] Call Trace: [81.810] <TASK> [81.810] __btrfs_end_transaction+0x3e/0x2b0 [btrfs] [81.811] btrfs_force_chunk_alloc_store+0xcd/0x140 [btrfs] [81.811] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15f/0x240 [81.812] vfs_write+0x264/0x500 [81.812] ksys_write+0x6c/0xe0 [81.812] do_syscall_64+0x66/0x770 [81.812] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [81.813] RIP: 0033:0x7fec6be66197 [81.814] RSP: 002b:00007fffb159dd30 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [81.815] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fec6bdd9740 RCX: 00007fec6be66197 [81.815] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000560483374f80 RDI: 0000000000000001 [81.816] RBP: 0000560483374f80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [81.816] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000002 [81.817] R13: 00007fec6bfb85c0 R14: 00007fec6bfb5ee0 R15: 00005604833729c0 [81.817] </TASK> [81.817] irq event stamp: 20039 [81.818] hardirqs last enabled at (20047): [<ffffffff99a68302>] __up_console_sem+0x52/0x60 [81.818] hardirqs last disabled at (20056): [<ffffffff99a682e7>] __up_console_sem+0x37/0x60 [81.819] softirqs last enabled at (19470): [<ffffffff999d2b46>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x96/0xc0 [81.819] softirqs last disabled at (19463): [<ffffffff999d2b46>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x96/0xc0 [81.820] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [81.820] BTRFS: error (device dm-7 state A) in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups:2876: errno=-17 Object already exists Inspecting these aborts with drgn, I observed a pattern of overlapping chunk_maps. Note how stripe 1 of the first chunk overlaps in physical address with stripe 0 of the second chunk. Physical Start Physical End Length Logical Type Stripe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x0000000102500000 0x0000000142500000 1.0G 0x0000000641d00000 META|DUP 0/2 0x0000000142500000 0x0000000182500000 1.0G 0x0000000641d00000 META|DUP 1/2 0x0000000142500000 0x0000000182500000 1.0G 0x0000000601d00000 META|DUP 0/2 0x0000000182500000 0x00000001c2500000 1.0G 0x0000000601d00000 META|DUP 1/2 Now how could this possibly happen? All chunk allocation is ---truncated---

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00156 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114 +3Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.1 and later6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.1 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1 to before 6.18.14; 6.19 to before 6.19.4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 rc8VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 to before 6.18.14; 6.19 to before 6.19.4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 rc8 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45934
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-62rp-r79h-7q8x
  3. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@09207c3975e1f8f76a52472004dfcab997b4cbd6, Linux/Linux@12addb8ab5eec94098d4c7c6614830ccbe7ad130, Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
  4. 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
  5. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@8f01e82c58f40739dfec32fc83dfd66711d473b9 · CNA
  6. 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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