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CVE-2026-74722— btrfs: fix memory leak in btrfs_do_encoded_write()

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 5.18版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于btrfs_do_encoded_write()函数返回前未释放extent changeset，导致内存泄漏，可能造成系统内存耗尽。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.17% · P6

Affected Version Matrix 14

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22< 0f0da96ccb1b9f35f4d3d4540dcaab0969d9d6b0 affected
7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22< e2c7e88815edd5ecfb88e7660ab9fd42bda6bc47 affected
7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22< 20c0eeb4313f9f89d47b80b672b5846f9827cb31 affected
7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22< 24a8f2c29aebb753ccb962fbb25bae18d7978f6e affected
7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22< 60b50ceba6243802f8d2c0a9a7c2d549a93b1d64 affected
7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22< d2a4e4e626b2f4670b69b430c357f03f53eb6632 affected
5.18 affected
< 5.18 unaffected
… +6 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-74722

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Vulnerability Title
btrfs: fix memory leak in btrfs_do_encoded_write()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix memory leak in btrfs_do_encoded_write() Local fuzzing of 6.12.94 has found the following memory leak: Unreferenced object 0xffff888018050a80 (size 64): comm "syz.0.17", pid 10297, jiffies 4294953601 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 10 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff 10 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc a8a6fc29): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] extent_changeset_alloc fs/btrfs/extent_io.h:207 [inline] qgroup_reserve_data+0x1c5/0x7d0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4305 btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data+0x2e/0xb0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4355 btrfs_do_encoded_write+0x92e/0x1040 fs/btrfs/inode.c:9746 btrfs_encoded_write fs/btrfs/file.c:1482 [inline] btrfs_do_write_iter+0x280/0x610 fs/btrfs/file.c:1507 btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write+0x3d6/0x490 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:4738 btrfs_ioctl+0x6f9/0xc90 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xbe/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Unreferenced object 0xffff888018050a00 (size 64): comm "syz.0.17", pid 10297, jiffies 4294953601 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 90 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff 90 0a 05 18 80 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc cb5c9580): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline] ulist_prealloc+0x9c/0x110 fs/btrfs/ulist.c:114 extent_changeset_prealloc fs/btrfs/extent_io.h:217 [inline] __set_extent_bit+0x16b/0x1a70 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1086 set_record_extent_bits+0x50/0x90 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1821 qgroup_reserve_data+0x274/0x7d0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4312 btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data+0x2e/0xb0 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:4355 btrfs_do_encoded_write+0x92e/0x1040 fs/btrfs/inode.c:9746 btrfs_encoded_write fs/btrfs/file.c:1482 [inline] btrfs_do_write_iter+0x280/0x610 fs/btrfs/file.c:1507 btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write+0x3d6/0x490 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:4738 btrfs_ioctl+0x6f9/0xc90 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xbe/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Fix this by freeing an extent changeset before returning from btrfs_do_encoded_write().
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 5.18版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于btrfs_do_encoded_write()函数返回前未释放extent changeset，导致内存泄漏，可能造成系统内存耗尽。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux 7c0c7269f7b508ba6e4b063a9314d6bd1fb6db22 ~ 0f0da96ccb1b9f35f4d3d4540dcaab0969d9d6b0 -
Linux Linux 5.18 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-74722 (5)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-22 · 149 CVEs total

CVE-2026-74705 10.0 CRITICAL udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation
CVE-2026-74612 10.0 CRITICAL veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment
CVE-2026-74616 9.8 CRITICAL xdp: reject clones that overrun skb_shared_info tailroom
CVE-2026-74608 9.8 CRITICAL smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_try_adding_channels()
CVE-2026-74669 9.8 CRITICAL ipvs: clear IPv4 options after rebasing tunnel ICMP errors
CVE-2026-74688 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed
CVE-2026-74727 9.8 CRITICAL ovpn: skip rehash for peers already removed from by_id
CVE-2026-74611 9.8 CRITICAL tls: rx: restore msg_iter before TLS 1.3 optimistic retry
CVE-2026-74597 9.8 CRITICAL ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6ip6_err()
CVE-2026-74617 9.8 CRITICAL dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc()
CVE-2026-74730 9.8 CRITICAL NFS: Pin the 'struct nfs_server' during a FREE_STATEID call
CVE-2026-74628 9.8 CRITICAL net/x25: fix use-after-free of the socket by its timers
CVE-2026-74586 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer
CVE-2026-74587 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: fix use-after-free of cached ASCONF chunk
CVE-2026-74588 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on
CVE-2026-74723 9.8 CRITICAL btrfs: lzo: reject inline extents without valid headers
CVE-2026-74591 9.8 CRITICAL mm/filemap: __filemap_add_folio() restore index before retrying
CVE-2026-74662 9.8 CRITICAL inet: frags: publish queues before arming timer
CVE-2026-74712 9.3 CRITICAL vdpa/mlx5: Fix buffer length in create_direct_keys()
CVE-2026-74665 9.1 CRITICAL net: fix skb length accounting after generic XDP frag adjustment

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