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CVE-2025-37950

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
20/05/2025
Last modified:
17/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ocfs2: fix panic in failed foilio allocation<br /> <br /> commit 7e119cff9d0a ("ocfs2: convert w_pages to w_folios") and commit<br /> 9a5e08652dc4b ("ocfs2: use an array of folios instead of an array of<br /> pages") save -ENOMEM in the folio array upon allocation failure and call<br /> the folio array free code.<br /> <br /> The folio array free code expects either valid folio pointers or NULL. <br /> Finding the -ENOMEM will result in a panic. Fix by NULLing the error<br /> folio entry.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.14 (including) 6.14.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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