CVE - CVE-2025-21679

CVE-ID
CVE-2025-21679	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: add the missing error handling inside get_canonical_dev_path Inside function get_canonical_dev_path(), we call d_path() to get the final device path. But d_path() can return error, and in that case the next strscpy() call will trigger an invalid memory access. Add back the missing error handling for d_path().
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0fb5741932b831eded49bfaaf33353e96200d6d URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0fb5741932b831eded49bfaaf33353e96200d6d MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe4de594f7a2e9bc49407de60fbd20809fad4192 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe4de594f7a2e9bc49407de60fbd20809fad4192
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20241229	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20241229)
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