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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-93798"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-24T16:02:31.291Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-03T10:57:32.550Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
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-2026-93798"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-93798.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93798"
title: "btrfs: fix reloc root cleanup in merge_reloc_roots()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix reloc root cleanup in merge_reloc_roots()\n\nIf the root we got has zero root refs in its root item, we are resetting\nthe root's -\u003ereloc_root without using barriers like we do everywhere else.\nSashiko complained about this while reviewing another patch, and it's\ncorrect (see the Link tag below).\n\nAlso, we should not clear BTRFS_ROOT_DEAD_RELOC_TREE from the root unless\nthe root points to the reloc root we have.\n\nFix this by using clear_reloc_root(), which issues the memory barrier\nafter setting the root's -\u003ereloc_root to NULL and before clearing the bit\nBTRFS_ROOT_DEAD_RELOC_TREE from the root."
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