CVE-2025-39734
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Publication date: 2025-09-07

Last updated on: 2025-11-03

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "fs/ntfs3: Replace inode_trylock with inode_lock" This reverts commit 69505fe98f198ee813898cbcaf6770949636430b. Initially, conditional lock acquisition was removed to fix an xfstest bug that was observed during internal testing. The deadlock reported by syzbot is resolved by reintroducing conditional acquisition. The xfstest bug no longer occurs on kernel version 6.16-rc1 during internal testing. I assume that changes in other modules may have contributed to this.
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Published
2025-09-07
Last Modified
2025-11-03
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2026-05-06
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2025-09-07
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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CVE-2025-39734
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linux linux_kernel 6.1.153
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability involves a change in the Linux kernel related to the NTFS3 filesystem driver. A previous commit replaced a conditional lock acquisition method (inode_trylock) with a different locking method (inode_lock), which caused a deadlock issue reported by syzbot. To fix this, the conditional lock acquisition was reintroduced by reverting the problematic commit. This fix resolved the deadlock without reintroducing the earlier xfstest bug.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability could cause a deadlock in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 filesystem driver, potentially leading to system hangs or crashes when accessing NTFS filesystems. This could impact system stability and availability.


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