btrfs: tracepoints: fix sleep while in atomic context in btrfs_sync_file()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: tracepoints: fix sleep while in atomic context in btrfs_sync_file() The trace event btrfs_sync_file() is called in an atomic context (all trace events are) and its call to dput(), which is needed due to the call to dget_parent(), can sleep, triggering a kernel splat. This can be reproduced by enabling the trace event and running btrfs/056 from fstests for example. The splat shown in dmesg is the following: [53.919] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at fs/dcache.c:970 [53.947] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 32773, name: xfs_io [53.988] preempt_count: 2, expected: 0 [53.967] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [53.943] Preemption disabled at: [53.944] [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [54.078] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32773 Comm: xfs_io Tainted: G W 7.1.0-rc1-btrfs-next-232+ #1 PREEMPT(full) [54.070] Tainted: [W]=WARN [54.071] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.2-0-gea1b7a073390-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [54.072] Call Trace: [54.074] <TASK> [54.076] dump_stack_lvl+0x56/0x80 [54.079] __might_resched.cold+0xd6/0x10f [54.072] dput.part.0+0x24/0x110 [54.078] trace_event_raw_event_btrfs_sync_file+0x75/0x140 [btrfs] [54.089] btrfs_sync_file+0x1ed/0x530 [btrfs] [54.087] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x8ae/0xed0 [54.089] btrfs_do_write_iter+0x172/0x210 [btrfs] [54.091] vfs_write+0x21f/0x450 [54.094] __x64_sys_pwrite64+0x8d/0xc0 [54.096] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x20c/0x670 [54.099] do_syscall_64+0x60/0xf20 [54.092] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x60/0xb0 [54.094] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e So stop using dget_parent() and dput() and access the parent dentry directly as dentry->d_parent. This is also what ext4 is doing in its equivalent trace event ext4_sync_file_enter().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.6.136 to before 6.6.142; 6.12.83 to before 6.12.92; 6.18.24 to before 6.18.34; 6.19.14 to before 6.20 | 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 6.20 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 7.0 and later | 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11, 7.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.6.136 to before 6.6.142; 6.12.83 to before 6.12.92; 6.18.24 to before 6.18.34; 6.19.14 to before 6.20 Fixed in 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 6.20 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 7.0 and later Fixed in 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11, 7.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.6.136 to before 6.6.142; 6.12.83 to before 6.12.92; 6.18.24 to before 6.18.34; 6.19.14 to before 7.0; 7.0.1 to before 7.0.11 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 rc6 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 rc7 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.1 rc1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.1 rc2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.1 rc3 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6.136 to before 6.6.142; 6.12.83 to before 6.12.92; 6.18.24 to before 6.18.34; 6.19.14 to before 7.0; 7.0.1 to before 7.0.11 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 6.20
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11, 7.1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64164
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w7p5-2w2w-6hjm
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78b0a80eac36879ef5478707135c446920e134b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4361954f0e158af0530caa1e57f12b531be4658f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6279992c9ba2774901c9d4dd4a481162e2534714
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b2290baaf6da6add0f782a100766e686a33f4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12a0487945c09760a5968d9333383014ea294117
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32a7e0e3c73c1c0768556a56bd78de9f7b83780
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a96d9a85cd2240481297156b9bb72e10b7a8036
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c73370c677646e86fc4b1780fb07027bdf847375
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64164 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64164 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w7p5-2w2w-6hjm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64164 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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