Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-90265)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-90265). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: defrag: fix deadlock between defrag and delalloc space reservation
While running fsstress with autodefrag and flushoncommit, hit a deadlock
due to the fact that defrag reserves delalloc space while it's holding
dirty and locked folios, besides the extent range lock. The stack traces
are the following:
[958.624] task:kworker/u50:3 state:D stack:0 pid:20365 tgid:20365 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
[958.626] Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space [btrfs]
[958.627] Call Trace:
[958.628]
[958.628] __schedule+0x4be/0x10f0
[958.629] ? preempt_count_add+0x69/0xa0
[958.630] schedule+0x26/0xd0
[958.631] wait_current_trans+0x102/0x160 [btrfs]
[958.632] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
[958.633] start_transaction+0x374/0x900 [btrfs]
[958.634] btrfs_commit_current_transaction+0x1d/0x70 [btrfs]
[958.635] flush_space+0xca/0x5e0 [btrfs]
[958.636] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x30
[958.637] ? btrfs_reduce_alloc_profile+0x8c/0x190 [btrfs]
[958.639] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x30
[958.640] ? calc_available_free_space.isra.0+0x6f/0x110 [btrfs]
[958.641] do_async_reclaim_metadata_space+0x84/0x190 [btrfs]
[958.642] btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space+0x64/0x80 [btrfs]
[958.644] process_one_work+0x19d/0x3a0
[958.644] worker_thread+0x1c4/0x330
[958.645] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[958.…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-90265 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-90265" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-90265 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com