CVE-2025-38219
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/07/2025
Last modified:
18/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
f2fs: prevent kernel warning due to negative i_nlink from corrupted image<br />
<br />
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9426 at fs/inode.c:417 drop_nlink+0xac/0xd0<br />
home/cc/linux/fs/inode.c:417<br />
Modules linked in:<br />
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9426 Comm: syz-executor568 Not tainted<br />
6.14.0-12627-g94d471a4f428 #2 PREEMPT(full)<br />
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS<br />
1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014<br />
RIP: 0010:drop_nlink+0xac/0xd0 home/cc/linux/fs/inode.c:417<br />
Code: 48 8b 5d 28 be 08 00 00 00 48 8d bb 70 07 00 00 e8 f9 67 e6 ff<br />
f0 48 ff 83 70 07 00 00 5b 5d e9 9a 12 82 ff e8 95 12 82 ff 90<br />
&lt;0f&gt; 0b 90 c7 45 48 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d e9 83 12 82 ff e8 fe 5f e6<br />
ff<br />
RSP: 0018:ffffc900026b7c28 EFLAGS: 00010293<br />
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8239710f<br />
RDX: ffff888041345a00 RSI: ffffffff8239717b RDI: 0000000000000005<br />
RBP: ffff888054509ad0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000<br />
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff9ab36f08 R12: ffff88804bb40000<br />
R13: ffff8880545091e0 R14: 0000000000008000 R15: ffff8880545091e0<br />
FS: 000055555d0c5880(0000) GS:ffff8880eb3e3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<br />
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<br />
CR2: 00007f915c55b178 CR3: 0000000050d20000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
f2fs_i_links_write home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3194 [inline]<br />
f2fs_drop_nlink+0xd1/0x3c0 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/dir.c:845<br />
f2fs_delete_entry+0x542/0x1450 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/dir.c:909<br />
f2fs_unlink+0x45c/0x890 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/namei.c:581<br />
vfs_unlink+0x2fb/0x9b0 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4544<br />
do_unlinkat+0x4c5/0x6a0 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4608<br />
__do_sys_unlink home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4654 [inline]<br />
__se_sys_unlink home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4652 [inline]<br />
__x64_sys_unlink+0xc5/0x110 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4652<br />
do_syscall_x64 home/cc/linux/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]<br />
do_syscall_64+0xc7/0x250 home/cc/linux/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f<br />
RIP: 0033:0x7fb3d092324b<br />
Code: 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66<br />
2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 57 00 00 00 0f 05<br />
&lt;48&gt; 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01<br />
48<br />
RSP: 002b:00007ffdc232d938 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057<br />
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fb3d092324b<br />
RDX: 00007ffdc232d960 RSI: 00007ffdc232d960 RDI: 00007ffdc232d9f0<br />
RBP: 00007ffdc232d9f0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007ffdc232d7c0<br />
R10: 00000000fffffffd R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffdc232eaf0<br />
R13: 000055555d0cebb0 R14: 00007ffdc232d958 R15: 0000000000000001<br />
Impact
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8 (including) | 5.4.295 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.239 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.186 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.142 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.95 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.35 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.4 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6332872374b7f482fc4ad865f9422fedb587fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42cb74a92adaf88061039601ddf7c874f58b554e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5018d035530b6fbfad33eeb1dd1bc87da419a276
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a87cbcc909ccfd394d4936a94663f586453d0961
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa644e7ffff02e12c89cbce4753bc0b6f23ff87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14cbed4baccd712447fb3f9c011f008b56b2097
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a55869d8237e677ddaa18b0f58586364cfbc1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfe8446cd3274b9e367f5708d94574230a44409
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html



