CVE-2025-21942 — Infinite Loop in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: zoned: fix extent range end unlock in cow_file_range()
Running generic/751 on the for-next branch often results in a hang like
below. They are both stack by locking an extent. This suggests someone
forget to unlock an extent.
INFO: task kworker/u128:1:12 blocked for more than 323 seconds.
Not tainted 6.13.0-BTRFS-ZNS+ #503
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u128:1 sta…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux10b3772292bf1be45604ba83fd9650eb94382e78 — 5f4863cfb29a7b4fe7625ce148d0b9000b75b802+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-f349-gqv8-wh65: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: zoned: fix extent range end unlock in cow_file_range()
Running generic/75↗2025-04-01
OSV▶
CVE-2025-21942: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: fix extent range end unlock in cow_file_range() Running generic/751↗2025-04-01