{"cve":"CVE-2025-37904","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-20T16:15:26.820","modified":"2026-06-17T09:15:40.140","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix the inode leak in btrfs_iget()\n\n[BUG]\nThere is a bug report that a syzbot reproducer can lead to the following\nbusy inode at unmount time:\n\n  BTRFS info (device loop1): last unmount of filesystem 1680000e-3c1e-4c46-84b6-56bd3909af50\n  VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of loop1 (btrfs)\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  kernel BUG at fs/super.c:650!\n  Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 48168 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-00471-g119009db2674 #2 PREEMPT(full)\n  Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n  RIP: 0010:generic_shutdown_super+0x2e9/0x390 fs/super.c:650\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   kill_anon_super+0x3a/0x60 fs/super.c:1237\n   btrfs_kill_super+0x3b/0x50 fs/btrfs/super.c:2099\n   deactivate_locked_super+0xbe/0x1a0 fs/super.c:473\n   deactivate_super fs/super.c:506 [inline]\n   deactivate_super+0xe2/0x100 fs/super.c:502\n   cleanup_mnt+0x21f/0x440 fs/namespace.c:1435\n   task_work_run+0x14d/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:227\n   resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]\n   exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:114 [inline]\n   exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:329 [inline]\n   __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:207 [inline]\n   syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x269/0x290 kernel/entry/common.c:218\n   do_syscall_64+0xd4/0x250 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n   </TASK>\n\n[CAUSE]\nWhen btrfs_alloc_path() failed, btrfs_iget() directly returned without\nreleasing the inode already allocated by btrfs_iget_locked().\n\nThis results the above busy inode and trigger the kernel BUG.\n\n[FIX]\nFix it by calling iget_failed() if btrfs_alloc_path() failed.\n\nIf we hit error inside btrfs_read_locked_inode(), it will properly call\niget_failed(), so nothing to worry about.\n\nAlthough the iget_failed() cleanup inside btrfs_read_locked_inode() is a\nbreak of the normal error handling scheme, let's fix the obvious bug\nand backport first, then rework the error handling later.","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":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30a339bece3a44ab0a821477139e84fb86af9761","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48c1d1bb525b1c44b8bdc8e7ec5629cb6c2b9fc4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:57.636215869+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37904","score":0.00172,"percentile":0.06521,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}