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btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root() If we find an unexpected generation for the extent buffer we are cloning at btrfs_copy_root(), we just WARN_ON() and don't error out and abort the transaction, meaning we allow to persist metadata with an unexpected generation. Instead of warning only, abort the transaction and return -EUCLEAN.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.149, 6.12.44, 6.16.4, 6.6.103
CVEs
CVE-2025-39800
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 15:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root()

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2025, 12:36 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root() If we find an unexpected generation for the extent buffer we are cloning at btrfs_copy_root(), we just WARN_ON() and don't error out and abort the transaction, meaning we allow to persist metadata with an unexpected generation. Instead of warning only, abort the transaction and return -EUCLEAN.

osv:CVE-2025-39800

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.149, 6.6.103, 6.12.44, 6.16.4

Complete source record
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