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CVE-2025-39868 — linux / linux_kernel

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

erofs: fix runtime warning on truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals()

Commit 0e2f80afcfa6("fs/dax: ensure all pages are idle prior to filesystem unmount") introduced the WARN_ON_ONCE to capture whether the filesystem has removed all DAX entries or not and applied the fix to xfs and ext4.

Apply the missed fix on erofs to fix the runtime warning:

[ 5.266254] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 5.266274] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 3109 at mm/truncate.c:89 truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals+0xff/0x260 [ 5.266294] Modules linked in: [ 5.266999] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 3109 Comm: umount Tainted: G S 6.16.0+ #6 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 5.267012] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC [ 5.267017] Hardware name: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 5000/05WXFV, BIOS 1.5.1 08/24/2022 [ 5.267024] RIP: 0010:truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals+0xff/0x260 [ 5.267076] Code: 00 00 41 39 df 7f 11 eb 78 83 c3 01 49 83 c4 08 41 39 df 74 6c 48 63 f3 48 83 fe 1f 0f 83 3c 01 00 00 43 f6 44 26 08 01 74 df <0f> 0b 4a 8b 34 22 4c 89 ef 48 89 55 90 e8 ff 54 1f 00 48 8b 55 90 [ 5.267083] RSP: 0018:ffffc900013f36c8 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 5.267095] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 5.267101] RDX: ffffc900013f3790 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8882a1407898 [ 5.267108] RBP: ffffc900013f3740 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 5.267113] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 5.267119] R13: ffff8882a1407ab8 R14: ffffc900013f3888 R15: 0000000000000001 [ 5.267125] FS: 00007aaa8b437800(0000) GS:ffff88850025b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 5.267132] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 5.267138] CR2: 00007aaa8b3aac10 CR3: 000000024f764000 CR4: 0000000000f52ef0 [ 5.267144] PKRU: 55555554 [ 5.267150] Call Trace: [ 5.267154] <TASK> [ 5.267181] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x118/0x5e0 [ 5.267193] ? save_trace+0x54/0x390 [ 5.267296] truncate_inode_pages_final+0x43/0x60 [ 5.267309] evict+0x2a4/0x2c0 [ 5.267339] dispose_list+0x39/0x80 [ 5.267352] evict_inodes+0x150/0x1b0 [ 5.267376] generic_shutdown_super+0x41/0x180 [ 5.267390] kill_block_super+0x1b/0x50 [ 5.267402] erofs_kill_sb+0x81/0x90 [erofs] [ 5.267436] deactivate_locked_super+0x32/0xb0 [ 5.267450] deactivate_super+0x46/0x60 [ 5.267460] cleanup_mnt+0xc3/0x170 [ 5.267475] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [ 5.267485] task_work_run+0x5d/0xb0 [ 5.267499] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x144/0x170 [ 5.267512] do_syscall_64+0x2b9/0x7c0 [ 5.267523] ? __lock_acquire+0x665/0x2ce0 [ 5.267535] ? __lock_acquire+0x665/0x2ce0 [ 5.267560] ? lock_acquire+0xcd/0x300 [ 5.267573] ? find_held_lock+0x31/0x90 [ 5.267582] ? mntput_no_expire+0x97/0x4e0 [ 5.267606] ? mntput_no_expire+0xa1/0x4e0 [ 5.267625] ? mntput+0x24/0x50 [ 5.267634] ? path_put+0x1e/0x30 [ 5.267647] ? do_faccessat+0x120/0x2f0 [ 5.267677] ? do_syscall_64+0x1a2/0x7c0 [ 5.267686] ? from_kgid_munged+0x17/0x30 [ 5.267703] ? from_kuid_munged+0x13/0x30 [ 5.267711] ? __do_sys_getuid+0x3d/0x50 [ 5.267724] ? do_syscall_64+0x1a2/0x7c0 [ 5.267732] ? irqentry_exit+0x77/0xb0 [ 5.267743] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80 [ 5.267752] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80 [ 5.267765] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 5.267772] RIP: 0033:0x7aaa8b32a9fb [ 5.267781] Code: c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 31 f6 e9 05 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 05 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 e9 83 0d 00 f7 d8 [ 5.267787] RSP: 002b:00007ffd7c4c9468 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6 [ 5.267796] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00005a61592a8b00 RCX: 00007aaa8b32a9fb [ 5.267802] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00005a61592b2080 [ 5.267806] RBP: 00007ffd7c4c9540 R08: 00007aaa8b403b20 R09: 0000000000000020 [ 5.267812] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005a61592a8c00 [ 5.267817] R13: 00000000 ---truncated---

Published: Sep 23, 2025
Updated: Dec 15, 2025
CVE: CVE-2025-39868
Severity: High
Exploit:
CISA KEV:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel	6.15	6.16.8
linux / linux_kernel	6.17-rc1	6.17-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel	6.17-rc2	6.17-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel	6.17-rc3	6.17-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel	6.17-rc4	6.17-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel	6.17-rc5	6.17-rc5.x

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.