Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43117
Published: May 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130644
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43117
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of the superblock reference in the btrfs tracepoint event btrfs_sync_file() when overlay is used on top of btrfs. A local user can trigger file synchronization on the affected filesystem to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because the dentry superblock may resolve to the overlay superblock instead of the btrfs superblock.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-43117
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4adfaec97ee053ad1bdfb5036845e66f7e0d8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32372781d664a9b03c40343e96c29d0a6139f97d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85b46db143fda5869e7d8df8f258ccef5fa1719
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c09a7446aab5773f38d6abb25fce99b8e1dfbc97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d110d7cdb045715c0b45b0dfd974525bb38f653d