CVE-2025-71184

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in btrfs_evict_inode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix NULL dereference on root when tracing inode eviction When evicting an inode the first thing we do is to setup tracing for it, which implies fetching the root's id. But in btrfs_evict_inode() the root might be NULL, as implied in the next check that we do in btrfs_evict_inode(). Hence, we either should set the ->root_objectid to 0 in case the root is NULL, or we move tracing setup after checking that the root is not NULL. Setting the rootid to 0 at least gives us the possibility to trace this call even in the case when the root is NULL, so that's the solution taken here.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 2.6.39 - 6.12.66linux
linux/Kernel 2.6.39 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.66linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.39
Linux/Linux 1abe9b8a138c9988ba8f7bfded6453649a31541f - 582ba48e4a4c06fef6bdcf4e57b7b9af660bbd0c
Linux/Linux 1abe9b8a138c9988ba8f7bfded6453649a31541f - 64d8abd8c5305795a2b35fc96039d99d34f5e762
Linux/Linux 1abe9b8a138c9988ba8f7bfded6453649a31541f - 99e057f3d3ef24b99a7b1d84e01dd1bd890098da
Linux/Linux 1abe9b8a138c9988ba8f7bfded6453649a31541f - f157dd661339fc6f5f2b574fe2429c43bd309534
Linux/Linux 2.6.39
... and 7 more
Published Jan 31, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026