CVE-2026-53284: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes [WARNING] With extra warning on dirty exte
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes
[WARNING]
With extra warning on dirty extent buffers at umount (aka, the next
patch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the following
warning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time:
BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown
BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30
BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA): Transaction 9 aborted (error -30)
BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068: errno=-30 Readonly filesystem
BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly
BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c
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WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8: umount/914368
CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372 PREEMPT(full) 2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022
RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]
generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0
kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40
btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]
deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0
cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140
task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0
do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7
BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 306216
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53284
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-532840.43% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 35% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-53284 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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