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CVE-2025-37904

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published May 20, 2025 linux CWE-401 EPSS 0.16% (5th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2025-37904 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 20, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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)

------------[ cut here ]------------

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

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.14.6 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-37904?

CVE-2025-37904 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 20, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-37904?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-37904?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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