CVE-2026-98269
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking If we fail to update the inode we error out without aborting the transaction, which can result in a persistent inconsistency if after the failure the transaction is committed, as we have dropped file extent items from a range and either punched a hole or insert a new file extent item for that range (for reflinks). So add the missing transaction abort.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2605eb9ba3bbd4c9f455cfe6b85bd28a1da7067d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c68dc909845c049e0286d229bc502947239452
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/834a3b5c5f1ec0df48c1a6208f9989f4ffdaa0b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9588850bfa75c78ce73c2f6f72544d19d2e9beb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97fcd34aa9fd73cefe3120ac9a82ca9d7763922f
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.