CVE-2025-21753

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-02-27. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction

When we are trying to join the current transaction and if it's aborted, we read its 'aborted' field after unlocking fs_info->trans_lock and without holding any extra reference count on it. This means that a concurrent task that is aborting the transaction may free the transaction before we read its 'aborted' field, leading to a use-after-free.

Fix this by reading the 'aborted' field while holding fs_info->trans_lock since any freeing task must first acquire that lock and set fs_info->running_transaction to NULL before freeing the transaction.

This was reported by syzbot and Dmitry with the following stack traces from KASAN:

================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in join_transaction+0xd9b/0xda0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:278 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888011839024 by task kworker/u4:9/1128

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1128 Comm: kworker/u4:9 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7-syzkaller-00019-gc45323b7560e #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_data_space Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602 join_transaction+0xd9b/0xda0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:278 start_transaction+0xaf8/0x1670 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:697 flush_space+0x448/0xcf0 fs/btrfs/space-info.c:803 btrfs_async_reclaim_data_space+0x159/0x510 fs/btrfs/space-info.c:1321 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3317 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3398 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Allocated by task 5315: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x243/0x390 mm/slub.c:4329 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline] join_transaction+0x144/0xda0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:308 start_transaction+0xaf8/0x1670 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:697 btrfs_create_common+0x1b2/0x2e0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6572 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3649 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3748 [inline] path_openat+0x1c03/0x3590 fs/namei.c:3984 do_filp_open+0x27f/0x4e0 fs/namei.c:4014 do_sys_openat2+0x13e/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1402 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1417 [inline] __do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1495 [inline] __se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1489 [inline] __x64_sys_creat+0x123/0x170 fs/open.c:1489 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 5336: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:582 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x59/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2353 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4613 [inline] kfree+0x196/0x430 mm/slub.c:4761 cleanup_transaction fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2063 [inline] btrfs_commit_transaction+0x2c97/0x3720 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2598 insert_balance_item+0x1284/0x20b0 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:3757 btrfs_balance+0x992/ ---truncated---

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
17%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 27, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f0943cf37305dbdeaf9846e3c941451bcdef63
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce628048390dad80320d5a1f74de6ca1e1be91e7
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86d71a026a7f63da905db9add845c8ee88801eca
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5cff471039caa2b088060c074c2bf2081bcb01
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ba4663ada6c6315af23a6669d386146634808ec
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e954b6bb95d67ae4d1a20e9cfd83c182cf929bc
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7a53757717e68af94a56929d57f1e6daff220ec
generic

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cee55b1219568c80bf0d5dc55066e4a859baf753

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-21753(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(31)

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ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.140.135) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips (5.15.0.140.80) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.15.0.1083.73) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1083.92~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1083.79) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.4.0.1149.158~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.4.0.1149.91) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.4.0-1064 (5.4.0-1064.68) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips (5.4.0.1151.88) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-26.26) @ oracular2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips (5.15.0.1089.74) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.216.236~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke-5.15 (5.15.0.1081.80) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt (5.15.0.1037.37) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws (6.11.0-1014.15) @ oracular2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.4.0.1092.97~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-kvm (5.4.0.1133.129) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime (5.15.0.1084.88) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-fips (5.15.0.1084.80) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi2-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1129.160) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.4.0.1144.154~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-20.04 (5.4.0.1092.121) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-64k (6.11.0-1016.17) @ oracular2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-bluefield (5.4.0.1105.101) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1078.76) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (5.4.0.1146.156~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1129.142~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-lts-20.04 (5.4.0.1146.143) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.142.152~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-64.67) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.4.291—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

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Additional Vendor Advisories

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-21753?
CVE-2025-21753 is a high vulnerability published on February 27, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction When we are trying to join the current transaction and if it's aborted, we read its 'aborted' field after unlocking fsinfo->translock and without holding any…
When was CVE-2025-21753 disclosed?
CVE-2025-21753 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 27, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-21753 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-21753 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 82.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21753?
CVE-2025-21753 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-21753?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-21753, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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