CVE-2025-39759

btrfs: qgroup: fix race between quota disable and quota rescan ioctl

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2025 at 04:52 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxSIMATIC CN 4100

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1496.13 ≤ v < 6.15.116.16 ≤ v < 6.16.26.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1036.7 ≤ v < 6.12.443.12e685da14af6b31e4b336a110cb1bae1afc268be8
Vendor states this is fixed in 2fd0f5ceb997f90f4332ccbab6c7e907e6b2d0eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7cda0fdde5d9890976861421d207870500f9aace (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b172535ccba12f0cf7d23b3b840989de47fc104d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c38028ce0d0045ca600b6a8345a0ff92bfb47b66 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd0b28d877b293b1d7f8727a7de08ae36b6b9ef0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e1249667750399a48cafcf5945761d39fa584edf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.149 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.44 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.103 (unaffected)
v < V5.0
Affected range stops below V5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0f5ceb997f90f4332ccbab6c7e907e6b2d0eb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cda0fdde5d9890976861421d207870500f9aace
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b172535ccba12f0cf7d23b3b840989de47fc104d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38028ce0d0045ca600b6a8345a0ff92bfb47b66
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0b28d877b293b1d7f8727a7de08ae36b6b9ef0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1249667750399a48cafcf5945761d39fa584edf
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Source: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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