CVE-2026-46164

HIGH

btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info_sub_group() error path

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel < 6.1.176linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.32linux
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 7.0.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.141linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.90linux
Linux/Linux < 6.16
Linux/Linux 0bd151ce4200ca847990e05cca29a76456982ca5 - d2a675f2e238ec96c8e91e2718c1f910c9c8fb21
Linux/Linux 190d5a7c4fe42b8c9aa46e3336389e7cb10395bb - 14b22be1dd844383eb03af9b1ee3b6b25d32aeaf
Linux/Linux 6.1.162 - 6.1.176
Linux/Linux 6.1.162 - 6.2
... and 16 more
Published May 28, 2026
Tracked Since May 28, 2026