# CVE-2025-39868: erofs: fix runtime warning on truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals()

> A missing fix in the EROFS filesystem causes a runtime warning during unmount, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-39868, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39868, GHSA-p2j7-x9rq-7fhv, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39868

## What is CVE-2025-39868?

CVE-2025-39868 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39868?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-39868?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-39868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-39868 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-39868 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39868/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39868/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39868
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39868
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-39868

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39868/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
