CVE-2025-38243

EUVD-2025-20818
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix invalid inode pointer dereferences during log replay

In a few places where we call read_one_inode(), if we get a NULL pointer
we end up jumping into an error path, or fallthrough in case of
__add_inode_ref(), where we then do something like this:

   iput(&inode->vfs_inode);

which results in an invalid inode pointer that triggers an invalid memory
access, resulting in a crash.

Fix this by making sure we don't do such dereferences.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 15%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15 ≤
𝑥
< 6.15.5
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.174-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.257-1
fixed
forky
7.0.9-1
fixed
sid
7.0.10-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.90-2
fixed
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
cluster-md-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
dlm-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
gfs2-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
kernel-64kb
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-azure
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
fixed
kernel-default
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-default-base
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1.150600.12.40.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1
fixed
kernel-docs
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-macros
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-obs-build
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-source
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-source-azure
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
fixed
kernel-syms
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
kernel-syms-azure
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
fixed
ocfs2-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed
reiserfs-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.4.0-150600.23.87.1
fixed