[PATCH v3 2/3] btrfs: restore active device pointers after failed sprout

From: Guanghui Yang

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 08:27:35 EST


btrfs_init_new_device() switches latest_dev and possibly s_bdev from the seed device to the new sprout device before creating the first writable chunks.

If chunk creation or the subsequent sprout setup fails, the error path releases the new device without switching those pointers back. btrfs_show_devname() can then dereference the freed latest_dev and crash.

Restore the active device pointers to the latest seed device before removing and releasing the failed sprout device.

Fixes: b7cb29e666fe ("btrfs: update latest_dev when we create a sprout device")

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guanghui Yang <3497809730@xxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ffd076e87..f3f77c89c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2987,6 +2987,9 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
error_sysfs:
btrfs_sysfs_remove_device(device);
mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
+ if (seeding_dev)
+ btrfs_assign_next_active_device(device,
+ seed_devices->latest_dev);
mutex_lock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
if (!list_empty(&device->post_commit_list))
list_del_init(&device->post_commit_list);
--
2.53.0