# CVE-2025-22114: btrfs: don't clobber ret in btrfs\_validate\_super()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-16 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: don't clobber ret in btrfs_validate_super() Commit 2a9bb78cfd36 ("btrfs: validate system chunk array at btrfs_validate_super()") introduces a call to validate_sys_chunk_array() in btrfs_validate_super(), which clobbers the value of ret set earlier. This has the effect of negating the validity checks done earlier, making it so btrfs could potentially try to mount invalid filesystems.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6800a2015e706e9852a5ec15263fec9990d012
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9db9c7dd5b4e1d3205137a094805980082c37716

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