
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-45934
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix EEXIST abort due to non-consecutive gaps in chunk allocation I have been observing a number of systems aborting at inse
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.15% · Oct 25, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix EEXIST abort due to non-consecutive gaps in chunk allocation I have been observing a number of systems aborting at insert_dev_extents() in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(). The following is a sample stack trace of such an abort coming from forced chunk allocation (typically behind CONFIG_BTRFS_EXPERIMENTAL) but this can theoretically happen to any DUP chunk allocation. [81.801] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [81.801] BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -17) [81.801] WARNING: fs/btrfs/block-group.c:2876 at btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x721/0x770 [btrfs], CPU#1: bash/319 [81.802] Modules linked in: virtio_net btrfs xor zstd_compress raid6_pq null_blk [81.803] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 319 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.19.0-rc6+ #319 NONE [81.803] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014 [81.804] RIP: 0010:btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x723/0x770 [btrfs] [81.806] RSP: 0018:ffffa36241a6bce8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [81.806] RAX: 000000000000000d RBX: ffff8e699921e400 RCX: 0000000000000000 [81.807] RDX: 0000000002040001 RSI: 00000000ffffffef RDI: ffffffffc0608bf0 [81.807] RBP: 00000000ffffffef R08: ffff8e69830f6000 R09: 0000000000000007 [81.808] R10: ffff8e699921e5e8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8e6999228000 [81.808] R13: ffff8e6984d82000 R14: ffff8e69966a69c0 R15: ffff8e69aa47b000 [81.809] FS: 00007fec6bdd9740(0000) GS:ffff8e6b1b379000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [81.809] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [81.810] CR2: 00005604833670f0 CR3: 0000000116679000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [81.810] Call Trace: [81.810] <TASK> [81.810] __btrfs_end_transaction+0x3e/0x2b0 [btrfs] [81.811] btrfs_force_chunk_alloc_store+0xcd/0x140 [btrfs] [81.811] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15f/0x240 [81.812] vfs_write+0x264/0x500 [81.812] ksys_write+0x6c/0xe0 [81.812] do_syscall_64+0x66/0x770 [81.812] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [81.813] RIP: 0033:0x7fec6be66197 [81.814] RSP: 002b:00007fffb159dd30 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [81.815] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fec6bdd9740 RCX: 00007fec6be66197 [81.815] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000560483374f80 RDI: 0000000000000001 [81.816] RBP: 0000560483374f80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [81.816] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000002 [81.817] R13: 00007fec6bfb85c0 R14: 00007fec6bfb5ee0 R15: 00005604833729c0 [81.817] </TASK> [81.817] irq event stamp: 20039 [81.818] hardirqs last enabled at (20047): [<ffffffff99a68302>] __up_console_sem+0x52/0x60 [81.818] hardirqs last disabled at (20056): [<ffffffff99a682e7>] __up_console_sem+0x37/0x60 [81.819] softirqs last enabled at (19470): [<ffffffff999d2b46>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x96/0xc0 [81.819] softirqs last disabled at (19463): [<ffffffff999d2b46>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x96/0xc0 [81.820] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [81.820] BTRFS: error (device dm-7 state A) in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups:2876: errno=-17 Object already exists Inspecting these aborts with drgn, I observed a pattern of overlapping chunk_maps. Note how stripe 1 of the first chunk overlaps in physical address with stripe 0 of the second chunk. Physical Start Physical End Length Logical Type Stripe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x0000000102500000 0x0000000142500000 1.0G 0x0000000641d00000 META|DUP 0/2 0x0000000142500000 0x0000000182500000 1.0G 0x0000000641d00000 META|DUP 1/2 0x0000000142500000 0x0000000182500000 1.0G 0x0000000601d00000 META|DUP 0/2 0x0000000182500000 0x00000001c2500000 1.0G 0x0000000601d00000 META|DUP 1/2 Now how could this possibly happen? All chunk allocation is ---truncated---
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux | sid | 7.2.12-1 | fixed |
| Debian | linux | forky | 7.2.12-1 | fixed |
| Debian | linux | trixie | 6.12.107-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux | trixie-security | 6.12.113-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux | bookworm-security | 6.1.190-1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | linux | Not reported | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Cpe | linux_kernel | Not reported | 6.18.14 | fixed |
| Cpe | linux_kernel | Not reported | 6.19.4 | fixed |
| Cpe | linux_kernel | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | linux_kernel | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux | source | sid | 6.18.14-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | linux | source | forky | 6.18.14-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | linux | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | linux | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | linux_kernel | cpe | Not reported | 6.18.14 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | linux_kernel | cpe | Not reported | 6.19.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [bpftool]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
7.1.0+6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
7.1.0+6.1.176-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
7.5.0+6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
7.5.0+6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
7.1.0+6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
7.1.0+6.1.180-1· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [hyperv-daemons]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [intel-sdsi]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [libcpupower1]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [libcpupower-dev]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-bpf-dev]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-config-6.1]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (4)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-cpupower]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-doc]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (32)
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.43-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.43-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.57-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.57-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.63-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.63-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.69-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.69-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.73-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.73-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.74-2~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.74-2~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.85-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.85-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.86-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.86-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.88-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.88-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.90-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.90-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.90-2~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.90-2~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.94-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.94-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1· all · bookworm-backportsAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· all · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· all · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-doc-6.1]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.176-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· all · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.180-1· all · bookworm-securityAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-amd64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.170-3· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-arm64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.170-3· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-cloud-amd64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.170-3· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-cloud-arm64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.170-3· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-common]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-common-rt]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
6.1.170-3· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-rt-amd64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.170-3· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-47-rt-arm64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.170-3· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
- [linux-headers-6.1.0-50-amd64]Affected
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
6.1.176-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · linux · debian · bookworm; nvd · linux · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45934]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45934]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45934]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45934.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-1700.json]
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