CVE-2026-46129
btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path
When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:
create_space_info()
-> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type()
-> kobject_init_and_add()
-> failure
-> kobject_put(&space_info->kobj)
-> space_info_release()
-> kfree(space_info)
Then control returns to create_space_info():
btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error
-> goto out_free
-> kfree(space_info)
This causes a double free.
Keep the direct kfree(space_info) for the earlier failure path, but
after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let
the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · LinuxWant to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
Talk to TrueHacking →References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f487be81292702a59ea9dbc4088b3360a50e837https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a060970fd7b5e1c561e4ce73cb9949e4269a738https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae6d6e31ceb72b7697c28a528e4923c08e3c2ef5https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2670ec4aa49ca226bce9776601e0da37502be07https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd6ade0fdd59218d71a981ae7c937a304e49209chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f414b3abbba59ef379a2b3c31f2bdd9358ed5e53