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CVE-2025-21752: btrfs: don't use btrfs_set_item_key_safe on RAID stripe-extents

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1c25eff52ee5a02a2c4be659a44ae972d9989742, 6.7, dc14ba10781bd2629835696b7cc1febf914768e9; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1c25eff52ee5a02a2c4be659a44ae972d9989742, 6.7, dc14ba10781bd2629835696b7cc1febf914768e9; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: don't use btrfs_set_item_key_safe on RAID stripe-extents Don't use btrfs_set_item_key_safe() to modify the keys in the RAID stripe-tree, as this can lead to corruption of the tree, which is caught by the checks in btrfs_set_item_key_safe(): BTRFS info (device nvme1n1): leaf 49168384 gen 15 total ptrs 194 free space 8329 owner 12 BTRFS info (device nvme1n1): refs 2 lock_owner 1030 current 1030 [ snip ] item 105 key (354549760 230 20480) itemoff 14587 itemsize 16 stride 0 devid 5 physical 67502080 item 106 key (354631680 230 4096) itemoff 14571 itemsize 16 stride 0 devid 1 physical 88559616 item 107 key (354631680 230 32768) itemoff 14555 itemsize 16 stride 0 devid 1 physical 88555520 item 108 key (354717696 230 28672) itemoff 14539 itemsize 16 stride 0 devid 2 physical 67604480 [ snip ] BTRFS critical (device nvme1n1): slot 106 key (354631680 230 32768) new key (354635776 230 4096) ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2602! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1055 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1+ #1464 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.2-3-gd478f380-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:btrfs_set_item_key_safe+0xf7/0x270 Code: <snip> RSP: 0018:ffffc90001337ab0 EFLAGS: 00010287 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881115fd000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 00000000ffffffff RBP: ffff888110ed6f50 R08: 00000000ffffefff R09: ffffffff8244c500 R10: 00000000ffffefff R11: 00000000ffffffff R12: ffff888100586000 R13: 00000000000000c9 R14: ffffc90001337b1f R15: ffff888110f23b58 FS: 00007f7d75c72740(0000) GS:ffff88813bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fa811652c60 CR3: 0000000111398001 CR4: 0000000000370eb0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body.cold+0x14/0x1a ? die+0x2e/0x50 ? do_trap+0xca/0x110 ? do_error_trap+0x65/0x80 ? btrfs_set_item_key_safe+0xf7/0x270 ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70 ? btrfs_set_item_key_safe+0xf7/0x270 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 ? btrfs_set_item_key_safe+0xf7/0x270 btrfs_partially_delete_raid_extent+0xc4/0xe0 btrfs_delete_raid_extent+0x227/0x240 __btrfs_free_extent.isra.0+0x57f/0x9c0 ? exc_coproc_segment_overrun+0x40/0x40 __btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0x2fa/0xe80 btrfs_run_delayed_refs+0x81/0xe0 btrfs_commit_transaction+0x2dd/0xbe0 ? preempt_count_add+0x52/0xb0 btrfs_sync_file+0x375/0x4c0 do_fsync+0x39/0x70 __x64_sys_fsync+0x13/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f7d7550ef90 Code: <snip> RSP: 002b:00007ffd70237248 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000004a RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 00007f7d7550ef90 RDX: 000000000000013a RSI: 000000000040eb28 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 000000000000001b R08: 0000000000000078 R09: 00007ffd7023725c R10: 00007f7d75400390 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 028f5c28f5c28f5c R13: 8f5c28f5c28f5c29 R14: 000000000040b520 R15: 00007f7d75c726c8 </TASK> While the root cause of the tree order corruption isn't clear, using btrfs_duplicate_item() to copy the item and then adjusting both the key and the per-device physical addresses is a safe way to counter this problem.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile
CWE
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CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.13.3

Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • ab69bf6f8970c09d3735c25094e9471d54365282, 6.7affected
    • 02c372e1f016e5113217597ab37b399c4e407477 and later · before 1c25eff52ee5a02a2c4be659a44ae972d9989742affected · git
    • 02c372e1f016e5113217597ab37b399c4e407477 and later · before dc14ba10781bd2629835696b7cc1febf914768e9affected · git
    • 6.6.130 and later · before 6.7affected · semver
    • before 6.7not affected · semver
    • 6.13.3 and later · up to and including 6.13.*not affected · semver
    • 6.14 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxfrom 0—
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.16.3-16.16.3-1

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  • Later →CVE-2025-21754Feb 26, 2025 · btrfs: fix assertion failure when splitting ordered extent after transaction abort
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1c25eff52ee5a02a2c4be659a44ae972d9989742Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6.7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdc14ba10781bd2629835696b7cc1febf914768e9Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.159.1-1 · Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.16.3-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

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Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

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