In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes [WARNING] With extra warning on dirty extent buffers at umount (aka, the next patch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the following warning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time: BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction. BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA): Transaction 9 aborted (error -30) BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068: errno=-30 Readonly filesystem BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8: umount/914368 CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372 PREEMPT(full) 2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK> close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd] generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0 kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40 btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd] deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0 cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140 task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0 do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30621696 owner 257 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30638080 owner 258 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30654464 owner 7 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30703616 owner 2 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30720000 owner 10 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30736384 owner 4 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30752768 owner 11 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 I'm using a stripped down version, which seems to trigger the warning more reliably: _fsstress_pid="" workload() { dmesg -C mkfs.btrfs -f -K $dev > /dev/null echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once mount $dev $mnt $fsstress -w -n 1024 -p 4 -d $mnt & _fsstress_pid=$! sleep 0 $godown $mnt pkill --echo -PIPE fsstress > /dev/null wait $_fsstress_pid unset _fsstress_pid umount $mnt if dmesg | grep -q "WARNING"; then fail fi } for (( i = 0; i < $runtime; i++ )); do echo "=== $i/$runtime ===" workload done [CAUSE] Inside btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(), we first try to write all dirty ebs, then wait for them to finish. After that we call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to free all extent states from dirty_pages io tree. However if we hit an error from btrfs_write_marked_extent(), then we still call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to clear that dirty_pages io tree, which may contain dirty records that we haven't yet submitted. Furthermore, the later transaction cleanup path will utilize that dirty_pages io tree to properly cleanup those dirty ebs, but since it's already empty, no dirty ebs are properly cleaned up, thus will later trigger the warnings inside invalidate_btree_folios(). ---truncated---

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-098893 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes

    [WARNING]     With extra warning on dirty extent buffers at umount (aka, the next     patch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the following     warning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time:

      BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown       BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
      BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA): Transaction 9 aborted (error -30)       BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068: errno=-30 Readonly filesystem       BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly       BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c
      ------------[ cut here ]------------       WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8: umount/914368       CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G           OE       7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372     PREEMPT(full)  2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596       Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022       RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs]       Call Trace:
       <TASK>        close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]        generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0        kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40        btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]        deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0        cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140        task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0        exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0        do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53        </TASK>
      ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30621696 owner 257 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30638080 owner 258 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30654464 owner 7 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30703616 owner 2 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30720000 owner 10 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30736384 owner 4 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30752768 owner 11 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7

    I'm using a stripped down version, which seems to trigger the warning     more reliably:

      _fsstress_pid=       workload()       {             dmesg -C             mkfs.btrfs -f -K $dev > /dev/null             echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once             mount $dev $mnt             $fsstress -w -n 1024 -p 4 -d $mnt &
            _fsstress_pid=$!             sleep 0             $godown $mnt             pkill --echo -PIPE fsstress > /dev/null             wait $_fsstress_pid             unset _fsstress_pid             umount $mnt

            if dmesg | grep -q WARNING; then                     fail             fi       }

      for (( i = 0; i < $runtime; i++ )); do             echo === $i/$runtime ===             workload       done

    [CAUSE]     Inside btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(), we first try to write all     dirty ebs, then wait for them to finish.

    After that we call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to free all     extent states from dirty_pages io tree.

    However if we hit an error from btrfs_write_marked_extent(), then we     still call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to clear that dirty_pages io     tree, which may contain dirty records that we haven't yet submitted.

    Furthermore, the later transaction cleanup path will utilize that     dirty_pages io tree to properly cleanup those dirty ebs, but since it's     already empty, no dirty ebs are properly cleaned up, thus will later     trigger the warnings inside invalidate_btree_folios().
    ---truncated---

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-101961 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes

    [WARNING]     With extra warning on dirty extent buffers at umount (aka, the next     patch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the following     warning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time:

      BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown       BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
      BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA): Transaction 9 aborted (error -30)       BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068: errno=-30 Readonly filesystem       BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly       BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c
      ------------[ cut here ]------------       WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8: umount/914368       CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G           OE       7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372     PREEMPT(full)  2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596       Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022       RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs]       Call Trace:
       <TASK>        close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]        generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0        kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40        btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]        deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0        cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140        task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0        exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0        do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53        </TASK>
      ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30621696 owner 257 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30638080 owner 258 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30654464 owner 7 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30703616 owner 2 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30720000 owner 10 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30736384 owner 4 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7       BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30752768 owner 11 gen 9 refs 2     flags 0x7

    I'm using a stripped down version, which seems to trigger the warning     more reliably:

      _fsstress_pid=       workload()       {             dmesg -C             mkfs.btrfs -f -K $dev > /dev/null             echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once             mount $dev $mnt             $fsstress -w -n 1024 -p 4 -d $mnt &
            _fsstress_pid=$!             sleep 0             $godown $mnt             pkill --echo -PIPE fsstress > /dev/null             wait $_fsstress_pid             unset _fsstress_pid             umount $mnt

            if dmesg | grep -q WARNING; then                     fail             fi       }

      for (( i = 0; i < $runtime; i++ )); do             echo === $i/$runtime ===             workload       done

    [CAUSE]     Inside btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(), we first try to write all     dirty ebs, then wait for them to finish.

    After that we call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to free all     extent states from dirty_pages io tree.

    However if we hit an error from btrfs_write_marked_extent(), then we     still call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to clear that dirty_pages io     tree, which may contain dirty records that we haven't yet submitted.

    Furthermore, the later transaction cleanup path will utilize that     dirty_pages io tree to properly cleanup those dirty ebs, but since it's     already empty, no dirty ebs are properly cleaned up, thus will later     trigger the warnings inside invalidate_btree_folios().
    ---truncated---

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - btrfs: only release the dirty pages io tree after successful writes [WARNING] With extra warning on dirty     extent buffers at umount (aka, the next patch in the series), test case generic/388 can trigger the     following warning about dirty extent buffers at unmount time: BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E):
    emergency shutdown BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): error while writing out transaction: -30 BTRFS     warning (device dm-2 state E): Skipping commit of aborted transaction. BTRFS error (device dm-2 state EA):
    Transaction 9 aborted (error -30) BTRFS: error (device dm-2 state EA) in cleanup_transaction:2068:
    errno=-30 Readonly filesystem BTRFS info (device dm-2 state EA): forced readonly BTRFS info (device dm-2     state EA): last unmount of filesystem 4fbf2e15-f941-49a0-bc7c-716315d2777c ------------[ cut here     ]------------ WARNING: disk-io.c:3311 at invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs], CPU#8:
    umount/914368 CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 914368 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 7.1.0-rc1-custom+ #372 PREEMPT(full)     2de38db8d1deae71fde295430a0ff3ab98ccf596 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown     02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:invalidate_and_check_btree_folios+0xfd/0x1ca [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK>     close_ctree+0x52e/0x574 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd] generic_shutdown_super+0x89/0x1a0     kill_anon_super+0x16/0x40 btrfs_kill_super+0x16/0x20 [btrfs d2f0b1cd330d1287e7a9919d112eadfc0e914efd]     deactivate_locked_super+0x2d/0xb0 cleanup_mnt+0xdc/0x140 task_work_run+0x5a/0xa0     exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x123/0x4b0 do_syscall_64+0x243/0x7c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53     </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release     extent buffer 30539776 owner 9 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to     release extent buffer 30621696 owner 257 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state EA):
    unable to release extent buffer 30638080 owner 258 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2 state     EA): unable to release extent buffer 30654464 owner 7 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device dm-2     state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30703616 owner 2 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning (device     dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30720000 owner 10 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS warning     (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30736384 owner 4 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7 BTRFS     warning (device dm-2 state EA): unable to release extent buffer 30752768 owner 11 gen 9 refs 2 flags 0x7     I'm using a stripped down version, which seems to trigger the warning more reliably: _fsstress_pid=     workload() { dmesg -C mkfs.btrfs -f -K $dev > /dev/null echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once mount     $dev $mnt $fsstress -w -n 1024 -p 4 -d $mnt & _fsstress_pid=$! sleep 0 $godown $mnt pkill --echo -PIPE     fsstress > /dev/null wait $_fsstress_pid unset _fsstress_pid umount $mnt if dmesg | grep -q WARNING;
    then fail fi } for (( i = 0; i < $runtime; i++ )); do echo === $i/$runtime === workload done [CAUSE]     Inside btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(), we first try to write all dirty ebs, then wait for them to     finish. After that we call btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to free all extent states from dirty_pages io     tree. However if we hit an error from btrfs_write_marked_extent(), then we still call     btrfs_extent_io_tree_release() to clear that dirty_pages io tree, which may contain dirty records that we     haven't yet submitted. Furthermore, the later transaction cleanup path will utilize that dirty_pages io     tree to properly cleanup those dirty ebs, but since it's already empty, no dirty ebs are properly cleaned     up, thus will later trigger the warnings inside invalidate_btree_folios(). ---truncated---     (CVE-2026-53284)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
343532	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-8728-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
340681	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-8663-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
340224	Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-098893)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
340045	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilities (USN-8664-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
337318	Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-101961)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
323593	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-53284	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
322020	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1866)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high

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