{"id":"CVE-2026-93813","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: tree-checker: validate INODE_REF's namelen\n\n[BUG]\nA crafted btrfs image can trigger the following crash:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd1d…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: tree-checker: validate INODE_REF's namelen\n\n[BUG]\nA crafted btrfs image can trigger the following crash:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd1d…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < eeddee090b834a7d4b6a8214d2e3739e64c7a338","Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8f75c19892263bc0555fba922aefe103e841e86d","Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3dc22abc21f5892406c09202fa2627196cc96967","Linux < 6.12.111","Linux < 6.18.53","Linux (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-24","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T05:17:03.660","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93813","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dc22abc21f5892406c09202fa2627196cc96967","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f75c19892263bc0555fba922aefe103e841e86d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeddee090b834a7d4b6a8214d2e3739e64c7a338","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T16:47:15.895Z","slug":"CVE-2026-93813","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: tree-checker: validate INODE_REF's namelen\n\n[BUG]\nA crafted btrfs image can trigger the following crash:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd1dc42884000\n  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n  CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 1034 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.1.0-rc4-custom+ #383 PREEMPT(full)  46af0a92938a63be7132e0dfd71e62327c51d5c2\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\n  RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x10\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   read_extent_buffer+0xe4/0x100 [btrfs 3cf0785dd58fec8c5ff84633b772f17ce1f92a8f]\n   btrfs_get_name+0x15e/0x1e0 [btrfs 3cf0785dd58fec8c5ff84633b772f17ce1f92a8f]\n   reconnect_path+0x165/0x390\n   exportfs_decode_fh_raw+0x337/0x400\n   ? drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xb0/0xb0\n   </TASK>\n  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n  RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x10\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception\n\n[CAUSE]\nTThe crafted image has the following corrupted INODE_REF item:\n\n         item 9 key (258 INODE_REF 257) itemoff 11544 itemsize 4106\n         \tindex 2 namelen 4096 name: d\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\n\nThe itemsize matches the namelen, but the namelen is 4096, way larger\nthan normal name length limit (BTRFS_NAME_LEN, 255).\n\nMeanwhile the memory of the @name is only 255 byte sized, this will cause\nout-of-boundary access, and cause the above crash.\n\n[FIX]\nAdd extra namelen verification for INODE_REF, just like what we have\ndone in ROOT_REF checks.\n\nNow the crafted image can be rejected gracefully:\n\n BTRFS critical (device dm-2): corrupt leaf: root=5 block=30572544 slot=14 ino=259, invalid inode ref name length, has 4096 expect [1, 255]\n BTRFS error (device dm-2): read time tree block corruption detected on logical 30572544 mirror 2\n\n[ Rebase, add a Link: tag, add an simple cause analyze ]\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":210561,"id":"CVE-2026-93813","ts":1790316054815,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.8"},{"seq":210560,"id":"CVE-2026-93813","ts":1790316054815,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}