# btrfs: restore active device pointers after failed sprout

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98090`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98090`
- **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:** 19 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: `a6e7e218a4d6488d56727a7d9aee1b7e78c0c485 to before 46863a9f93186e620c70584f91c8d5d95da83eff` (git)
  - affected: `b7cb29e666fe79dda5dbe5f57fb7c92413bf161c to before 49179f13c04735c55fd0f43b03696c015b067137` (git)
  - affected: `b7cb29e666fe79dda5dbe5f57fb7c92413bf161c to before 0a0ee38ad6324ac1603079bb785f784191576bd5` (git)
  - affected: `b7cb29e666fe79dda5dbe5f57fb7c92413bf161c to before 2ee5c4bc11007c51f63f0c1be5d3f07f2b404ff7` (git)
  - affected: `b7cb29e666fe79dda5dbe5f57fb7c92413bf161c to before e127ac29a52134d0f4cba39d38e4b375deb3d1aa` (git)
  - affected: `b7cb29e666fe79dda5dbe5f57fb7c92413bf161c to before b79b4b29003690acfade8241998fc0104ef9c84c` (git)
  - affected: `b7cb29e666fe79dda5dbe5f57fb7c92413bf161c to before e0b54613aabeb8e9da597f23b90c6a03d0981986` (git)
  - affected: `5.15.11 to before 5.15.222` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.16`
  - unaffected: `before 5.16` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 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:** 0.0012, the 2nd percentile, on 11 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-2026-98090](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98090)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98090](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98090)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46863a9f93186e620c70584f91c8d5d95da83eff>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49179f13c04735c55fd0f43b03696c015b067137>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0ee38ad6324ac1603079bb785f784191576bd5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ee5c4bc11007c51f63f0c1be5d3f07f2b404ff7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e127ac29a52134d0f4cba39d38e4b375deb3d1aa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79b4b29003690acfade8241998fc0104ef9c84c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b54613aabeb8e9da597f23b90c6a03d0981986>

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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