CVE-2026-68167

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

btrfs: do not try compression for data reloc inodes

[BUG] There is a syzbot report that the check inside get_new_location() triggered:

BTRFS info (device loop0): found 31 extents, stage: move data extents BTRFS info (device loop0): leaf 8908800 gen 16 total ptrs 28 free space 1676 owner 18446744073709551607 item 0 key (256 INODE_ITEM 0) itemoff 3835 itemsize 160 inode generation 5 transid 0 size 0 nbytes 0 block group 0 mode 40755 links 1 uid 0 gid 0 rdev 0 sequence 0 flags 0x0 atime 1669132761.0 ctime 1669132761.0 mtime 1669132761.0 otime 0.0 item 1 key (256 INODE_REF 256) itemoff 3823 itemsize 12 index 0 name_len 2 item 2 key (258 INODE_ITEM 0) itemoff 3663 itemsize 160 inode generation 1 transid 16 size 733184 nbytes 106496 block group 0 mode 100600 links 0 uid 0 gid 0 rdev 0 sequence 24 flags 0x18 item 3 key (258 EXTENT_DATA 0) itemoff 3595 itemsize 68 generation 16 type 0 inline extent data size 47 ram_bytes 4096 compression 1 [...] item 27 key (18446744073709551611 ORPHAN_ITEM 258) itemoff 2376 itemsize 0 BTRFS error (device loop0): unexpected non-zero offset in file extent item for data reloc inode 258 key offset 0 offset 9277520992061368337 ------------[ cut here ]------------ btrfs_abort_should_print_stack(__error)

[CAUSE] The above dump tree shows the first file extent item is inlined, which should make no sense for data reloc inodes, as such inodes just represent where the data extents are in the relocation destination chunk.

However the relocation path preallocates space for each block, then dirties them, cluster by cluster. It's possible to have a single block at the beginning of the block group, and no other block in the same cluster.

So relocation will preallocate a file extent for that block and dirty the first block. Then memory pressure forces the data reloc inode to be written back, before any other blocks are dirtied/allocated.

Finally commit 3eaf5f082c4c ("btrfs: extract inlined creation into a dedicated delalloc helper") changed the sequence of delalloc. Before that commit we always tried NOCOW first, so that dirtied block would be written back into the preallocated space, and appear as a regular extent.

But with that commit, we always try inline first, and since compression is forced, we try compressing the first block, and then inline the compressed data, resulting in the above inlined file extent in the data reloc tree.

Then the check in get_new_location() will check the file offset, without checking if the file extent is inlined or not, resulting in the above failure.

[FIX] Do not allow compression for data reloc inodes.

Since data reloc inode sizes are always block aligned, as long as we do not compress, @data_len will always be at least one block, and that will cause can_cow_file_range_inline() to return false, thus no inlined extent will be created.

CVSS v3
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Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
EG Risk
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68167(1)

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)

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  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 03:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-17 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-17 05:26 UTCNVD update
  8. 2026-08-17 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-17 05:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  10. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-16 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-13 11:31 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-13 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  18. 2026-08-10 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-68167?
CVE-2026-68167 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not try compression for data reloc inodes [BUG] There is a syzbot report that the check inside getnewlocation() triggered: BTRFS info (device loop0): found 31 extents, stage: move data extents BTRFS info (device loop0):…
When was CVE-2026-68167 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68167 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68167 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68167 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 91.1% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68167?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68167, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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