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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2025-21879

btrfs: fix use-after-free on inode when scanning root during em shrinking

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix use-after-free on inode when scanning root during em shrinking At btrfs_scan_root() we are accessing the inode's root (and fs_info) in a call to btrfs_fs_closing() after we have scheduled the inode for a delayed iput, and that can result in a use-after-free on the inode in case the cleaner kthread does the iput before we dereference the inode in the call to btrfs_fs_closing(). Fix this by using the fs_info stored already in a local variable instead of doing inode->root->fs_info.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • fef55c4d9c9c22264d2b2ceae1e26922cb6129a5 to < 07836bc18f4ae42da4e922244f4685561c18755eaffected
  • 1020443840569535f6025a855958f07ea3eebf71 to < 5e79d26014f9386387575b9ed60d342057cee49baffected
  • 1020443840569535f6025a855958f07ea3eebf71 to < 59f37036bb7ab3d554c24abc856aabca01126414affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.13affected
  • 0 to < 6.13unaffected
  • 6.13.6 to ≤ 6.13.*unaffected
  • 6.14 to ≤ *unaffected

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