CVE-2025-39759

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: qgroup: fix race between quota disable and quota rescan ioctl

There's a race between a task disabling quotas and another running the rescan ioctl that can result in a use-after-free of qgroup records from the fs_info->qgroup_tree rbtree.

This happens as follows:

1. Task A enters btrfs_ioctl_quota_rescan() -> btrfs_qgroup_rescan();

2. Task B enters btrfs_quota_disable() and calls btrfs_qgroup_wait_for_completion(), which does nothing because at that point fs_info->qgroup_rescan_running is false (it wasn't set yet by task A);

3. Task B calls btrfs_free_qgroup_config() which starts freeing qgroups from fs_info->qgroup_tree without taking the lock fs_info->qgroup_lock;

4. Task A enters qgroup_rescan_zero_tracking() which starts iterating the fs_info->qgroup_tree tree while holding fs_info->qgroup_lock, but task B is freeing qgroup records from that tree without holding the lock, resulting in a use-after-free.

Fix this by taking fs_info->qgroup_lock at btrfs_free_qgroup_config(). Also at btrfs_qgroup_rescan() don't start the rescan worker if quotas were already disabled.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

Additional References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cda0fdde5d9890976861421d207870500f9aace
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b172535ccba12f0cf7d23b3b840989de47fc104d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0b28d877b293b1d7f8727a7de08ae36b6b9ef0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38028ce0d0045ca600b6a8345a0ff92bfb47b66
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0f5ceb997f90f4332ccbab6c7e907e6b2d0eb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1249667750399a48cafcf5945761d39fa584edf

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