CVE-2025-71268

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix reservation leak in some error paths when inserting inline extent If we fail to allocate a path or join a transaction, we return from __cow_file_range_inline() without freeing the reserved qgroup data, resulting in a leak. Fix this by ensuring we call btrfs_qgroup_free_data() in such cases.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28768bd3abf9995a93f6e01bfce01c60622964dd	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28b97fcbbf523779688e8de5fe55bf2dae3859f6	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c050f92d8f6aac4e17f7f2230160794fceef0c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3ee1732851aec6fe6b2cec2ef1b32d4e71d9913	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7156512c8166d385f574b9ec030479aa7b1e8c9	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-03-18 18:16

Updated : 2026-07-30 06:24

NVD link : CVE-2025-71268

Mitre link : CVE-2025-71268

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-71268

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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