In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix the inode leak in btrfs_iget()
[BUG]
There is a bug report that a syzbot reproducer can lead to the following
busy inode at unmount time:
BTRFS info (device loop1): last unmount of filesystem 1680000e-3c1e-4c46-84b6-56bd3909af50
VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of loop1 (btrfs)
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kernel BUG at fs/super.c:650!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 48168 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-00471-g119009db2674 #2 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:generic_shutdown_super+0x2e9/0x390 fs/super.c:650
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kill_anon_super+0x3a/0x60 fs/super.c:1237
btrfs_kill_super+0x3b/0x50 fs/btrfs/super.c:2099
deactivate_locked_super+0xbe/0x1a0 fs/super.c:473
deactivate_super fs/super.c:506 [inline]
deactivate_super+0xe2/0x100 fs/super.c:502
cleanup_mnt+0x21f/0x440 fs/namespace.c:1435
task_work_run+0x14d/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:227
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:114 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:329 [inline]
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:207 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x269/0x290 kernel/entry/common.c:218
do_syscall_64+0xd4/0x250 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
[CAUSE]
When btrfs_alloc_path() failed, btrfs_iget() directly returned without
releasing the inode already allocated by btrfs_iget_locked().
This results the above busy inode and trigger the kernel BUG.
[FIX]
Fix it by calling iget_failed() if btrfs_alloc_path() failed.
If we hit error inside btrfs_read_locked_inode(), it will properly call
iget_failed(), so nothing to worry about.
Although the iget_failed() cleanup inside btrfs_read_locked_inode() is a
break of the normal error handling scheme, let's fix the obvious bug
and backport first, then rework the error handling later.
References
Configurations
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History
17 Nov 2025, 18:09
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | CWE-401 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30a339bece3a44ab0a821477139e84fb86af9761 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48c1d1bb525b1c44b8bdc8e7ec5629cb6c2b9fc4 - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
Information
Published : 2025-05-20 16:15
Updated : 2025-11-17 18:09
NVD link : CVE-2025-37904
Mitre link : CVE-2025-37904
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-37904
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
