{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-43299", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:56.000Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-08T13:11:20.872Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-08T13:11:20.872Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-08T13:11:20.872Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: do not ASSERT() when the fs flips RO inside btrfs_repair_io_failure()\n\n[BUG]\nThere is a bug report that when btrfs hits ENOSPC error in a critical\npath, btrfs flips RO (this part is expected, although the ENOSPC bug\nstill needs to be addressed).\n\nThe problem is after the RO flip, if there is a read repair pending, we\ncan hit the ASSERT() inside btrfs_repair_io_failure() like the following:\n\n BTRFS info (device vdc): relocating block group 30408704 flags metadata|raid1\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -28)\n WARNING: fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:3235 at __btrfs_free_extent.isra.0+0x453/0xfd0, CPU#1: btrfs/383844\n Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass\n [...]\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n BTRFS info (device vdc state EA): 2 enospc errors during balance\n BTRFS info (device vdc state EA): balance: ended with status: -30\n BTRFS error (device vdc state EA): parent transid verify failed on logical 30556160 mirror 2 wanted 8 found 6\n BTRFS error (device vdc state EA): bdev /dev/nvme0n1 errs: wr 0, rd 0, flush 0, corrupt 10, gen 0\n [...]\n assertion failed: !(fs_info->sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) :: 0, in fs/btrfs/bio.c:938\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n assertion failed: !(fs_info->sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) :: 0, in fs/btrfs/bio.c:938\n kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/bio.c:938!\n Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 868 Comm: kworker/u8:13 Tainted: G W N 6.19.0-rc6+ #4788 PREEMPT(full)\n Tainted: [W]=WARN, [N]=TEST\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n Workqueue: btrfs-endio simple_end_io_work\n RIP: 0010:btrfs_repair_io_failure.cold+0xb2/0x120\n RSP: 0000:ffffc90001d2bcf0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n RAX: 0000000000000051 RBX: 0000000000001000 RCX: 0000000000000000\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8305cf42 RDI: 00000000ffffffff\n RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 00000000fffeffff R09: ffffffff837fa988\n R10: ffffffff8327a9e0 R11: 6f69747265737361 R12: ffff88813018d310\n R13: ffff888168b8a000 R14: ffffc90001d2bd90 R15: ffff88810a169000\n FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8885e752c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n\n[CAUSE]\nThe cause of -ENOSPC error during the test case btrfs/124 is still\nunknown, although it's known that we still have cases where metadata can\nbe over-committed but can not be fulfilled correctly, thus if we hit\nsuch ENOSPC error inside a critical path, we have no choice but abort\nthe current transaction.\n\nThis will mark the fs read-only.\n\nThe problem is inside the btrfs_repair_io_failure() path that we require\nthe fs not to be mount read-only. This is normally fine, but if we are\ndoing a read-repair meanwhile the fs flips RO due to a critical error,\nwe can enter btrfs_repair_io_failure() with super block set to\nread-only, thus triggering the above crash.\n\n[FIX]\nJust replace the ASSERT() with a proper return if the fs is already\nread-only."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/btrfs/bio.c"], "versions": [{"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "f6df18c001e3dcebc08482d0adeacd0cfea08593", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "8ceaad6cd6e7fa5f73b0b2796a2e85d75d37e9f3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/btrfs/bio.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.19.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.6"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6df18c001e3dcebc08482d0adeacd0cfea08593"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ceaad6cd6e7fa5f73b0b2796a2e85d75d37e9f3"}], "title": "btrfs: do not ASSERT() when the fs flips RO inside btrfs_repair_io_failure()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: do not ASSERT() when the fs flips RO inside btrfs_repair_io_failure()\n\n[BUG]\nThere is a bug report that when btrfs hits ENOSPC error in a critical\npath, btrfs flips RO (this part is expected, although the ENOSPC bug\nstill needs to be addressed).\n\nThe problem is after the RO flip, if there is a read repair pending, we\ncan hit the ASSERT() inside btrfs_repair_io_failure() like the following:\n\n BTRFS info (device vdc): relocating block group 30408704 flags metadata|raid1\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -28)\n WARNING: fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:3235 at __btrfs_free_extent.isra.0+0x453/0xfd0, CPU#1: btrfs/383844\n Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass\n [...]\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n BTRFS info (device vdc state EA): 2 enospc errors during balance\n BTRFS info (device vdc state EA): balance: ended with status: -30\n BTRFS error (device vdc state EA): parent transid verify failed on logical 30556160 mirror 2 wanted 8 found 6\n BTRFS error (device vdc state EA): bdev /dev/nvme0n1 errs: wr 0, rd 0, flush 0, corrupt 10, gen 0\n [...]\n assertion failed: !(fs_info->sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) :: 0, in fs/btrfs/bio.c:938\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n assertion failed: !(fs_info->sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) :: 0, in fs/btrfs/bio.c:938\n kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/bio.c:938!\n Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 868 Comm: kworker/u8:13 Tainted: G W N 6.19.0-rc6+ #4788 PREEMPT(full)\n Tainted: [W]=WARN, [N]=TEST\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n Workqueue: btrfs-endio simple_end_io_work\n RIP: 0010:btrfs_repair_io_failure.cold+0xb2/0x120\n RSP: 0000:ffffc90001d2bcf0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n RAX: 0000000000000051 RBX: 0000000000001000 RCX: 0000000000000000\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8305cf42 RDI: 00000000ffffffff\n RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 00000000fffeffff R09: ffffffff837fa988\n R10: ffffffff8327a9e0 R11: 6f69747265737361 R12: ffff88813018d310\n R13: ffff888168b8a000 R14: ffffc90001d2bd90 R15: ffff88810a169000\n FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8885e752c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n\n[CAUSE]\nThe cause of -ENOSPC error during the test case btrfs/124 is still\nunknown, although it's known that we still have cases where metadata can\nbe over-committed but can not be fulfilled correctly, thus if we hit\nsuch ENOSPC error inside a critical path, we have no choice but abort\nthe current transaction.\n\nThis will mark the fs read-only.\n\nThe problem is inside the btrfs_repair_io_failure() path that we require\nthe fs not to be mount read-only. This is normally fine, but if we are\ndoing a read-repair meanwhile the fs flips RO due to a critical error,\nwe can enter btrfs_repair_io_failure() with super block set to\nread-only, thus triggering the above crash.\n\n[FIX]\nJust replace the ASSERT() with a proper return if the fs is already\nread-only."}], "id": "CVE-2026-43299", "lastModified": "2026-05-08T14:16:37.100", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-05-08T14:16:37.100", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ceaad6cd6e7fa5f73b0b2796a2e85d75d37e9f3"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6df18c001e3dcebc08482d0adeacd0cfea08593"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

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