High severity · published Aug 30, 2025
CVE-2025-38677
f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in dnode page
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in dnode page
As Jiaming Zhang reported:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1c1/0x2a0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x17e/0x800 mm/kasan/report.c:480
kasan_report+0x147/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:593
data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3053 [inline]
f2fs_data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3058 [inline]
f2fs_get_dnode_of_data+0x1a09/0x1c40 fs/f2fs/node.c:855
f2fs_reserve_block+0x53/0x310 fs/f2fs/data.c:1195
prepare_write_begin fs/f2fs/data.c:3395 [inline]
f2fs_write_begin+0xf39/0x2190 fs/f2fs/data.c:3594
generic_perform_write+0x2c7/0x910 mm/filemap.c:4112
f2fs_buffered_write_iter fs/f2fs/file.c:4988 [inline]
f2fs_file_write_iter+0x1ec8/0x2410 fs/f2fs/file.c:5216
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x546/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x149/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x3d0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The root cause is in the corrupted image, there is a dnode has the same
node id w/ its inode, so during f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(), it tries to
access block address in dnode at offset 934, however it parses the dnode
as inode node, so that get_dnode_addr() returns 360, then it tries to
access page address from 360 + 934 * 4 = 4096 w/ 4 bytes.
To fix this issue, let's add sanity check for node id of all direct nodes
during f2fs_get_dnode_of_data().
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.8 before 5.4.297; 5.5 before 5.10.241; 5.11 before 5.15.190; 5.16 before 6.1.149; 6.2 before 6.6.103; 6.7 before 6.12.44; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 before ee4d13f5407cbdf1216cc258f45492075713889a; 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 before a650654365c57407413e9b1f6ff4d539bf2e99ca; 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 before 6b7784ea07e6aa044f74b39d6b5af5e28746fc81; 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 before 901f62efd6e855f93d8b1175540f29f4dc45ba55; 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 before 92ef491b506a0f4dd971a3a76f86f2d8f5370180; 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 before 888aa660144bcb6ec07839da756ee46bfcf7fc53; +3 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38677
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38677
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7784ea07e6aa044f74b39d6b5af5e28746fc81
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77de19b6867f2740cdcb6c9c7e50d522b47847a4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/888aa660144bcb6ec07839da756ee46bfcf7fc53
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/901f62efd6e855f93d8b1175540f29f4dc45ba55
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92ef491b506a0f4dd971a3a76f86f2d8f5370180
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a650654365c57407413e9b1f6ff4d539bf2e99ca
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