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CVE-2025-38365

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
25/07/2025
Last modified:
16/12/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> btrfs: fix a race between renames and directory logging<br /> <br /> We have a race between a rename and directory inode logging that if it<br /> happens and we crash/power fail before the rename completes, the next time<br /> the filesystem is mounted, the log replay code will end up deleting the<br /> file that was being renamed.<br /> <br /> This is best explained following a step by step analysis of an interleaving<br /> of steps that lead into this situation.<br /> <br /> Consider the initial conditions:<br /> <br /> 1) We are at transaction N;<br /> <br /> 2) We have directories A and B created in a past transaction (

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
4.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.18 (including) 6.1.143 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.6.96 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.36 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.15.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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