CVE-2026-90261 - Vulnerability Details

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Linux	Linux Kernel

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b0ab0340ce04a057169d42cbacbf786063813d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2de2989adb3e58c2320e57c255f52e065667b5e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc05eda9a346848ae01a6c8bfa3f0bec133bd8b

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References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b0ab0340ce04a057169d42cbacbf786063813d

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Weaknesses		CWE-362

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Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: flush active metadata block group at btree_writepages() start btree_writepages() writes the btree inode's dirty metadata in ascending logical address order. On a zoned filesystem only one metadata and one system block group is active for writing at a time, and check_bg_is_active() (via btrfs_check_meta_write_pointer()) pivots the active block group as writeback moves from one block group to the next. If the active block group sits at a higher logical address than another block group that also holds dirty metadata, the ascending walk reaches the lower one first and, to write it, has to finish the active block group and activate the lower one. It cannot finish a block group that still has unsent IO, and during WB_SYNC_ALL && !for_sync (commit) writeback it deliberately refuses to wait for that IO under fs_info->zoned_meta_io_lock, as that can deadlock. The pivot thus cannot issue the submission itself either, so it gives up: btrfs_check_meta_write_pointer() returns -EAGAIN, which btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction() treats as fatal and aborts the transaction, forcing the filesystem read-only. This happens intermittently under metadata-heavy relocation (e.g. fstests btrfs/187). Flush the active metadata and system block groups at the start of btree_writepages(), under the fs_info->zoned_meta_io_lock it already holds, so they have no unsent IO left and the later pivot can finish them and make forward progress.
Title		btrfs: zoned: flush active metadata block group at btree_writepages() start
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2de2989adb3e58c2320e57c255f52e065667b5e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc05eda9a346848ae01a6c8bfa3f0bec133bd8b

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