{"cve":"CVE-2025-21679","nvd":{"published":"2025-01-31T12:15:29.070","modified":"2026-06-17T08:44:00.267","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: add the missing error handling inside get_canonical_dev_path\n\nInside function get_canonical_dev_path(), we call d_path() to get the\nfinal device path.\n\nBut d_path() can return error, and in that case the next strscpy() call\nwill trigger an invalid memory access.\n\nAdd back the missing error handling for d_path().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0fb5741932b831eded49bfaaf33353e96200d6d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe4de594f7a2e9bc49407de60fbd20809fad4192"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:58:41.599736885+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21679","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06707,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}