In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix race when deleting free space root from the dirty cow roots list
When deleting the free space tree we are deleting the free space root
from the list fs_info->dirty_cowonly_roots without taking the lock that
protects it, which is struct btrfs_fs_info::trans_lock.
This unsynchronized list manipulation may cause chaos if there's another
concurrent manipulation of this list, such as when adding a root to it
with ctree.c:add_root_to_dirty_list().
This can result in all sorts of weird failures caused by a race, such as
the following crash:
[337571.278245] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000108: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[337571.278933] CPU: 1 PID: 115447 Comm: btrfs Tainted: G W 6.4.0-rc6-btrfs-next-134+ #1
[337571.279153] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[337571.279572] RIP: 0010:commit_cowonly_roots+0x11f/0x250 [btrfs]
[337571.279928] Code: 85 38 06 00 (...)
[337571.280363] RSP: 0018:ffff9f63446efba0 EFLAGS: 00010206
[337571.280582] RAX: ffff942d98ec2638 RBX: ffff9430b82b4c30 RCX: 0000000449e1c000
[337571.280798] RDX: dead000000000100 RSI: ffff9430021e4900 RDI: 0000000000036070
[337571.281015] RBP: ffff942d98ec2000 R08: ffff942d98ec2000 R09: 000000000000015b
[337571.281254] R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff942fe8fbf600
[337571.281476] R13: ffff942dabe23040 R14: ffff942dabe20800 R15: ffff942d92cf3b48
[337571.281723] FS: 00007f478adb7340(0000) GS:ffff94349fa40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[337571.281950] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[337571.282184] CR2: 00007f478ab9a3d5 CR3: 000000001e02c001 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
[337571.282416] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[337571.282647] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[337571.282874] Call Trace:
[337571.283101]
[337571.283327] ? __die_body+0x1b/0x60
[337571.283570] ? die_addr+0x39/0x60
[337571.283796] ? exc_general_protection+0x22e/0x430
[337571.284022] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30
[337571.284251] ? commit_cowonly_roots+0x11f/0x250 [btrfs]
[337571.284531] btrfs_commit_transaction+0x42e/0xf90 [btrfs]
[337571.284803] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x30
[337571.285031] ? release_extent_buffer+0x103/0x130 [btrfs]
[337571.285305] reset_balance_state+0x152/0x1b0 [btrfs]
[337571.285578] btrfs_balance+0xa50/0x11e0 [btrfs]
[337571.285864] ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14a/0x410
[337571.286086] btrfs_ioctl+0x249a/0x3320 [btrfs]
[337571.286358] ? mod_objcg_state+0xd2/0x360
[337571.286577] ? refill_obj_stock+0xb0/0x160
[337571.286798] ? seq_release+0x25/0x30
[337571.287016] ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x3ba/0x4b0
[337571.287235] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2e/0xa0
[337571.287455] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
[337571.287675] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
[337571.287901] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
[337571.288126] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
[337571.288352] RIP: 0033:0x7f478aaffe9b
So fix this by locking struct btrfs_fs_info::trans_lock before deleting
the free space root from that list.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-03). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it