Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the core of the open-source operating system Linux, developed by the Linux Foundation in the United States. There is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which stems from calling igetfailed when holding a path lock. This vulnerability may lead to an ABBA deadlock...

CVE-2025-37904

CVE-2025-37904 affects the Linux kernel (btrfs) where a bug in btrfs_iget() can leak an inode if btrfs_alloc_path() fails, leaving a busy inode and triggering a kernel BUG in fs/super.c during unmount. The root cause is failure to release the previously allocated inode when btrfs_alloc_path() fai...