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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-31666"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-04-24T14:45:15.271Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T18:56:02.816Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31666"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31666.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31666"
title: "btrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing leaf in lookup_extent_data_ref()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing leaf in lookup_extent_data_ref()\n\nAfter commit 1618aa3c2e01 (\"btrfs: simplify return variables in\nlookup_extent_data_ref()\"), the err and ret variables were merged into\na single ret variable. However, when btrfs_next_leaf() returns 0\n(success), ret is overwritten from -ENOENT to 0. If the first key in\nthe next leaf does not match (different objectid or type), the function\nreturns 0 instead of -ENOENT, making the caller believe the lookup\nsucceeded when it did not. This can lead to operations on the wrong\nextent tree item, potentially causing extent tree corruption.\n\nFix this by returning -ENOENT directly when the key does not match,\ninstead of relying on the ret variable."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4125a194db4a6cf91f619f38788272651cb97dce"},{"version":"1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"450e6a685d0cad95b15f8af152057bd0bf79f50b"},{"version":"1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ab1e022379c3c811aa72da8eb0c7507859a1d0f5"},{"version":"1618aa3c2e0163f5ac34d514ae89474521910536","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"316fb1b3169efb081d2db910cbbfef445afa03b9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.10"},{"version":"6.12.82","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.23","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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