CVE-2026-98244

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Btrfs file system. When an error occurs while rebuilding the free space tree, the kernel fails to properly reset an internal state flag on failure paths. A local user could exploit this condition during filesystem operations, leaving the flag set on an active file system and causing delayed reference processing to be skipped. This issue can result in filesystem metadata inconsistency, data corruption, or a Denial of Service (DoS).

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