CVE-2025-39738 — Improper Handling of Missing Special Element in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: do not allow relocation of partially dropped subvolumes
[BUG]
There is an internal report that balance triggered transaction abort,
with the following call trace:
item 85 key (594509824 169 0) itemoff 12599 itemsize 33
extent refs 1 gen 197740 flags 2
ref#0: tree block backref root 7
item 86 key (594558976 169 0) itemoff 12566 itemsize 33
extent refs 1 gen 197522 flags 2
ref#0: tree block backref root 7
...
BTRFS error…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux638331fa56caeaa8b4d31cc1dfbe0ce989bcff67 — fa086b1398cf7e5f7dee7241bd5f2855cb5df8dc+7
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-8x83-vv5w-vmh3: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: do not allow relocation of partially dropped subvolumes
[BUG]
There is an↗2025-09-11
OSV▶
CVE-2025-39738: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not allow relocation of partially dropped subvolumes [BUG] There is an i↗2025-09-11