{"cve":"CVE-2026-98269","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T09:18:16.353","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:28.150","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking\n\nIf we fail to update the inode we error out without aborting the\ntransaction, which can result in a persistent inconsistency if after\nthe failure the transaction is committed, as we have dropped file\nextent items from a range and either punched a hole or insert a new file\nextent item for that range (for reflinks).\n\nSo add the missing transaction abort.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:57:46.668721662+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98269","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06036,"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."]}