CVE-2026-98269 Affecting kernel-64kb-devel package, versions <6.12.0-160000.40.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNEL64KBDEVEL-21884191
  • published30 Oct 2026
  • disclosed24 Oct 2026

Introduced: 24 Oct 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-64kb-devel to version 6.12.0-160000.40.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb-devel package and not the kernel-64kb-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: abort transaction on failure to update inode for hole punching and reflinking

If we fail to update the inode we error out without aborting the transaction, which can result in a persistent inconsistency if after the failure the transaction is committed, as we have dropped file extent items from a range and either punched a hole or insert a new file extent item for that range (for reflinks).

So add the missing transaction abort.

CVSS Base Scores

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