CVE-2025-38626
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/08/2025
Last modified:
26/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
f2fs: fix to trigger foreground gc during f2fs_map_blocks() in lfs mode<br />
<br />
w/ "mode=lfs" mount option, generic/299 will cause system panic as below:<br />
<br />
------------[ cut here ]------------<br />
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2835!<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x6f4/0xc50<br />
f2fs_map_blocks+0x970/0x1550<br />
f2fs_iomap_begin+0xb2/0x1e0<br />
iomap_iter+0x1d6/0x430<br />
__iomap_dio_rw+0x208/0x9a0<br />
f2fs_file_write_iter+0x6b3/0xfa0<br />
aio_write+0x15d/0x2e0<br />
io_submit_one+0x55e/0xab0<br />
__x64_sys_io_submit+0xa5/0x230<br />
do_syscall_64+0x84/0x2f0<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e<br />
RIP: 0010:new_curseg+0x70f/0x720<br />
<br />
The root cause of we run out-of-space is: in f2fs_map_blocks(), f2fs may<br />
trigger foreground gc only if it allocates any physical block, it will be<br />
a little bit later when there is multiple threads writing data w/<br />
aio/dio/bufio method in parallel, since we always use OPU in lfs mode, so<br />
f2fs_map_blocks() does block allocations aggressively.<br />
<br />
In order to fix this issue, let&#39;s give a chance to trigger foreground<br />
gc in prior to block allocation in f2fs_map_blocks().
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.8 (including) | 6.6.102 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.42 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.10 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.16 (including) | 6.16.1 (excluding) |
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/1005a3ca28e90c7a64fa43023f866b960a60f791
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/264ede8a52f18647ed5bb5f2bd9bf54f556ad8f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/385e64a0744584397b4b52b27c96703516f39968
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82765ce5c7a56f9309ee45328e763610eaf11253
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f289690f50a01c3e085d87853392d5b7436a4cee



