{"cve":"CVE-2026-68442","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-12T00:17:44.477","modified":"2026-10-19T22:17:19.330","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: don't propagate EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING to split extent maps\n\nWhen btrfs_drop_extent_map_range() splits an extent map, the new split\nmaps inherit the original map's flags through a local 'flags' variable.\nCommit f86f7a75e2fb (\"btrfs: use the flags of an extent map to identify\nthe compression type\") changed the EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING clearing to\noperate on em->flags instead of that local 'flags' copy, so a split of\nan extent map that is currently being logged wrongly inherits\nEXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING.\n\nThe flag is then never cleared on the split, and when it is freed while\nstill on the inode's modified_extents list (for example by the extent\nmap shrinker) it trips the WARN_ON(!list_empty(&em->list)) in\nbtrfs_free_extent_map() and leads to a use-after-free.\n\nClear EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING from the local 'flags' copy used for the\nsplits and only clear EXTENT_FLAG_PINNED from em->flags, restoring the\nbehaviour prior to f86f7a75e2fb.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e465c63f103a5ce6849614d6bda048d70eebec8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a9246a424f45f33a1b8367052611ebe874868ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eff4d5b17fa1950e80bfd1ba43dc0699e61a644","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9304713b70e7e1450e3a76e758836fe5391bfa95"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:56:58.798400159+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68442","score":0.00152,"percentile":0.04257,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}