{"id":"CVE-2025-38269","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"btrfs: exit after state insertion failure at btrfs_convert_extent_bit()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: exit after state insertion failure at btrfs_convert_extent_bit()\n\nIf insert_state() state failed it returns an error pointer and we call\nextent_io_tree_panic() which will trigger a BUG() call. However if\nCONFIG_BUG is disabled, which is an uncommon and exotic scenario, then\nwe fallthrough and call cache_state() which will dereference the error\npointer, resulting in an invalid memory access.\n\nSo jump to the 'out' label after calling extent_io_tree_panic(), it also\nmakes the code more clear besides dealing with the exotic scenario where\nCONFIG_BUG is disabled.","publishedAt":"2025-07-10T07:41:51.846Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T21:24:36.479Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"c91ea4bfa6dda549295ea7c15dfc990094d1fcd3","status":"affected","lessThan":"58c50f45e1821a04d61b62514f9bd34afe67c622","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c91ea4bfa6dda549295ea7c15dfc990094d1fcd3","status":"affected","lessThan":"8d9d32088e304e2bc444a3087cab0bbbd9951866","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c91ea4bfa6dda549295ea7c15dfc990094d1fcd3","status":"affected","lessThan":"3bf179e36da917c5d9bec71c714573ed1649b7c1","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.7","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.34","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58c50f45e1821a04d61b62514f9bd34afe67c622","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d9d32088e304e2bc444a3087cab0bbbd9951866","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf179e36da917c5d9bec71c714573ed1649b7c1"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:09:09.358Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38269.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38269","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-07-10T07:41:51.846Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:24:36.479Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:23.998Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"btrfs: exit after state insertion failure at btrfs_convert_extent_bit()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: exit after state insertion failure at btrfs_convert_extent_bit()\n\nIf insert_state() state failed it returns an error pointer and we call\nextent_io_tree_panic() which will trigger a BUG() call. 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