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fault for address: fffffffffffffbb0\n  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n  PGD 64c9067 P4D 64c9067 PUD 64cb067 PMD 0\n  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI\n  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1402 Comm: syz.1.35 Not tainted 6.15.8 #4 PREEMPT(lazy)\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), (...)\n  RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_read arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:23 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:raw_atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:457 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:33 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:refcount_read include/linux/refcount.h:170 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:btrfs_check_leaked_roots+0x18f/0x2c0 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:1230\n  [...]\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   btrfs_free_fs_info+0x310/0x410 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:1280\n   btrfs_get_tree_subvol+0x592/0x6b0 fs/btrfs/super.c:2029\n   btrfs_get_tree+0x63/0x80 fs/btrfs/super.c:2097\n   vfs_get_tree+0x98/0x320 fs/super.c:1759\n   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include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:457 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:33 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:refcount_read include/linux/refcount.h:170 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:btrfs_check_leaked_roots+0x18f/0x2c0 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:1230\n  [...]\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   btrfs_free_fs_info+0x310/0x410 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:1280\n   btrfs_get_tree_subvol+0x592/0x6b0 fs/btrfs/super.c:2029\n   btrfs_get_tree+0x63/0x80 fs/btrfs/super.c:2097\n   vfs_get_tree+0x98/0x320 fs/super.c:1759\n   do_new_mount+0x357/0x660 fs/namespace.c:3899\n   path_mount+0x716/0x19c0 fs/namespace.c:4226\n   do_mount fs/namespace.c:4239 [inline]\n   __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4450 [inline]\n   __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4427 [inline]\n   __x64_sys_mount+0x28c/0x310 fs/namespace.c:4427\n   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n   do_syscall_64+0x92/0x180 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n  RIP: 0033:0x7f032eaffa8d\n  [...]"}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:45:24.427Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c2b4e6ffd307720ab6ce42f6749b0c02ba0a73"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2b2d4d053e9840e6da6ed581befa20309f281a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17679ac6df6c4830ba711835aa8cf961be36cfa1"}],"title":"btrfs: directly free partially initialized fs_info in btrfs_check_leaked_roots()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2025-40235","datePublished":"2025-12-04T15:31:25.785Z","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T07:20:57.180Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:45:24.427Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2025-12-04 16:16:16","lastModifiedDate":"2026-10-19 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