# btrfs: zoned: finish active block group cleanup if call_zone_finish() fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98081`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98081`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:24 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb to before 433d52b196a689b18dcfadc7cf6c784f0e5cc7c9` (git)
  - affected: `d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb to before 36b9cdab44848f25879ca625275c92b007f84653` (git)
  - affected: `d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb to before 40370f02a1ca3760f8925ffcbe76eb4d91ea758d` (git)
  - affected: `d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb to before e1b168a53174b385e3548bfbd079513b22ac240c` (git)
  - affected: `d70cbdda75da3f258118a558c087157e073229fb to before a18a6b93a2843b9d103d3456bbd4b3f90282a379` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.19`
  - unaffected: `before 5.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98081](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98081)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98081](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98081)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/433d52b196a689b18dcfadc7cf6c784f0e5cc7c9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b9cdab44848f25879ca625275c92b007f84653>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40370f02a1ca3760f8925ffcbe76eb4d91ea758d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b168a53174b385e3548bfbd079513b22ac240c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a18a6b93a2843b9d103d3456bbd4b3f90282a379>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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