CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-71268

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux btrfs filesystem, the function __cow_file_range_inline() did not free reserved qgroup data when path allocation or transaction join failed, causing a leak.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely cause a qgroup resource leak in btrfs, leading to denial of service (DoS) by exhausting quota.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds btrfs_qgroup_free_data() calls in error paths of __cow_file_range_inline().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix reservation leak in some error paths when inserting inline extent If we fail to allocate a path or join a transaction, we return from __cow_file_range_inline() without freeing the reserved qgroup data, resulting in a leak. Fix this by ensuring we call btrfs_qgroup_free_data() in such cases.

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