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CVE-2025-39800 (GCVE-0-2025-39800)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 12:36 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:05
VLAI
Title
btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root() If we find an unexpected generation for the extent buffer we are cloning at btrfs_copy_root(), we just WARN_ON() and don't error out and abort the transaction, meaning we allow to persist metadata with an unexpected generation. Instead of warning only, abort the transaction and return -EUCLEAN.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: be20aa9dbadc8c06283784ee12bbc0d97dea3418 , < 4290e34fb87ae556b12c216efd0ae91583446b7a (git)
Affected: be20aa9dbadc8c06283784ee12bbc0d97dea3418 , < 4734255ef39b416864139dcda96a387fe5f33a6a (git)
Affected: be20aa9dbadc8c06283784ee12bbc0d97dea3418 , < da2124719f386b6e5d4d4b1a2e67c440e4d5892f (git)
Affected: be20aa9dbadc8c06283784ee12bbc0d97dea3418 , < f4f5bd9251a4cbe55aaa05725c6c3c32ad1f74b3 (git)
Affected: be20aa9dbadc8c06283784ee12bbc0d97dea3418 , < 33e8f24b52d2796b8cfb28c19a1a7dd6476323a8 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.29
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.29 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.149 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.103 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.44 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16.4 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 Affected: 0 , < V5.0 (custom)
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      "cve": "CVE-2025-39800",
      "id": "CVE-2025-39800",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-09-15T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "42",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "232",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: Linux kernel (btrfs): Denial of Service due to unexpected metadata generation",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-39800.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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