CVE-2026-31666 PUBLISHED

btrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing leaf in lookup_extent_data_ref()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 24.04.2026 Updated: 24.04.2026

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

btrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing leaf in lookup_extent_data_ref()

After commit 1618aa3c2e01 ("btrfs: simplify return variables in lookup_extent_data_ref()"), the err and ret variables were merged into a single ret variable. However, when btrfs_next_leaf() returns 0 (success), ret is overwritten from -ENOENT to 0. If the first key in the next leaf does not match (different objectid or type), the function returns 0 instead of -ENOENT, making the caller believe the lookup succeeded when it did not. This can lead to operations on the wrong extent tree item, potentially causing extent tree corruption.

Fix this by returning -ENOENT directly when the key does not match, instead of relying on the ret variable.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to 4125a194db4a6cf91f619f38788272651cb97dce (excl.)
  • affected from 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to 450e6a685d0cad95b15f8af152057bd0bf79f50b (excl.)
  • affected from 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to ab1e022379c3c811aa72da8eb0c7507859a1d0f5 (excl.)
  • affected from 1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536 to 316fb1b3169efb081d2db910cbbfef445afa03b9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.10 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.10 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.82 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.23 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.13 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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