{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-21658", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-12-29T08:45:45.731Z", "datePublished": "2025-01-21T12:18:14.578Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:03:56.225Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:03:56.225Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: avoid NULL pointer dereference if no valid extent tree\n\n[BUG]\nSyzbot reported a crash with the following call trace:\n\n BTRFS info (device loop0): scrub: started on devid 1\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000208\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 106e70067 P4D 106e70067 PUD 107143067 PMD 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 689 Comm: repro Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O 6.13.0-rc4-custom+ #206\n Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\n RIP: 0010:find_first_extent_item+0x26/0x1f0 [btrfs]\n Call Trace:\n \n scrub_find_fill_first_stripe+0x13d/0x3b0 [btrfs]\n scrub_simple_mirror+0x175/0x260 [btrfs]\n scrub_stripe+0x5d4/0x6c0 [btrfs]\n scrub_chunk+0xbb/0x170 [btrfs]\n scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x2f4/0x5f0 [btrfs]\n btrfs_scrub_dev+0x240/0x600 [btrfs]\n btrfs_ioctl+0x1dc8/0x2fa0 [btrfs]\n ? do_sys_openat2+0xa5/0xf0\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x97/0xc0\n do_syscall_64+0x4f/0x120\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n \n\n[CAUSE]\nThe reproducer is using a corrupted image where extent tree root is\ncorrupted, thus forcing to use \"rescue=all,ro\" mount option to mount the\nimage.\n\nThen it triggered a scrub, but since scrub relies on extent tree to find\nwhere the data/metadata extents are, scrub_find_fill_first_stripe()\nrelies on an non-empty extent root.\n\nBut unfortunately scrub_find_fill_first_stripe() doesn't really expect\nan NULL pointer for extent root, it use extent_root to grab fs_info and\ntriggered a NULL pointer dereference.\n\n[FIX]\nAdd an extra check for a valid extent root at the beginning of\nscrub_find_fill_first_stripe().\n\nThe new error path is introduced by 42437a6386ff (\"btrfs: introduce\nmount option rescue=ignorebadroots\"), but that's pretty old, and later\ncommit b979547513ff (\"btrfs: scrub: introduce helper to find and fill\nsector info for a scrub_stripe\") changed how we do scrub.\n\nSo for kernels older than 6.6, the fix will need manual backport." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/btrfs/scrub.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "42437a6386ffeaaf200731e73d723ea491f3fe7d", "lessThan": "24b85a8b0310e0144da9ab30be42e87e6476638a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "42437a6386ffeaaf200731e73d723ea491f3fe7d", "lessThan": "aee5f69f3e6cd82bfefaca1b70b40b6cd8f3f784", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "42437a6386ffeaaf200731e73d723ea491f3fe7d", "lessThan": "6aecd91a5c5b68939cf4169e32bc49f3cd2dd329", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/btrfs/scrub.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.11", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.72", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.72" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.13" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24b85a8b0310e0144da9ab30be42e87e6476638a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee5f69f3e6cd82bfefaca1b70b40b6cd8f3f784" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aecd91a5c5b68939cf4169e32bc49f3cd2dd329" } ], "title": "btrfs: avoid NULL pointer dereference if no valid extent tree", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2025-21658", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-10-01T19:52:37.080379Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-476", "description": "CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T19:57:13.496Z" } } ] } }