btrfs: retry verity reads for not-uptodate Merkle folios
btrfs_read_merkle_tree_page() can find a folio in the mapping that is not
uptodate. After taking the folio lock, the current code treats that state
as a read error and returns -EIO.
That can make a previous transient read failure sticky. If the failed read
left a not-uptodate folio in the mapping, later callers find that folio and
fail instead of retrying the read.
Keep the existing page-cache insertion and locking order, but retry the
Merkle item read when a not-uptodate folio is found in the mapping. Also
unlock the folio when read_key_bytes() fails so that a later caller can
lock it and retry the read.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: retry verity reads for not-uptodate Merkle folios btrfs_read_merkle_tree_page() can find a folio in the mapping that is not uptodate. After taking the folio lock, the current code treats that state as a read error and returns -EIO. That can make a previous transient read failure sticky. If the failed read left a not-uptodate folio in the mapping, later callers find that folio and fail instead of retrying the read. Keep the existing page-cache insertion and locking order, but retry the Merkle item read when a not-uptodate folio is found in the mapping. Also unlock the folio when read_key_bytes() fails so that a later caller can lock it and retry the read. | |
| Title | btrfs: retry verity reads for not-uptodate Merkle folios | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:07:59.435Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.796Z
Link: CVE-2026-90262
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:17:22.640
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:17:22.640
Link: CVE-2026-90262
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