High severity · published Sep 11, 2025
CVE-2025-39759
btrfs: qgroup: fix race between quota disable and quota rescan ioctl
7.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: qgroup: fix race between quota disable and quota rescan ioctl
There's a race between a task disabling quotas and another running the
rescan ioctl that can result in a use-after-free of qgroup records from
the fs_info->qgroup_tree rbtree.
This happens as follows:
1) Task A enters btrfs_ioctl_quota_rescan() -> btrfs_qgroup_rescan();
2) Task B enters btrfs_quota_disable() and calls
btrfs_qgroup_wait_for_completion(), which does nothing because at that
point fs_info->qgroup_rescan_running is false (it wasn't set yet by
task A);
3) Task B calls btrfs_free_qgroup_config() which starts freeing qgroups
from fs_info->qgroup_tree without taking the lock fs_info->qgroup_lock;
4) Task A enters qgroup_rescan_zero_tracking() which starts iterating
the fs_info->qgroup_tree tree while holding fs_info->qgroup_lock,
but task B is freeing qgroup records from that tree without holding
the lock, resulting in a use-after-free.
Fix this by taking fs_info->qgroup_lock at btrfs_free_qgroup_config().
Also at btrfs_qgroup_rescan() don't start the rescan worker if quotas
were already disabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.12 before 6.1.149; 6.2 before 6.6.103; 6.7 before 6.12.44; 6.13 before 6.15.11; 6.16 before 6.16.2 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8 before 7cda0fdde5d9890976861421d207870500f9aace; e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8 before b172535ccba12f0cf7d23b3b840989de47fc104d; e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8 before dd0b28d877b293b1d7f8727a7de08ae36b6b9ef0; e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8 before c38028ce0d0045ca600b6a8345a0ff92bfb47b66; e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8 before 2fd0f5ceb997f90f4332ccbab6c7e907e6b2d0eb; e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8 before e1249667750399a48cafcf5945761d39fa584edf; +1 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39759
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39759
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0f5ceb997f90f4332ccbab6c7e907e6b2d0eb
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cda0fdde5d9890976861421d207870500f9aace
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b172535ccba12f0cf7d23b3b840989de47fc104d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38028ce0d0045ca600b6a8345a0ff92bfb47b66
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0b28d877b293b1d7f8727a7de08ae36b6b9ef0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1249667750399a48cafcf5945761d39fa584edf
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