CVE-2025-38677
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
30/08/2025
Last modified:
08/01/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in dnode page<br />
<br />
As Jiaming Zhang reported:<br />
<br />
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__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]<br />
dump_stack_lvl+0x1c1/0x2a0 lib/dump_stack.c:120<br />
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]<br />
print_report+0x17e/0x800 mm/kasan/report.c:480<br />
kasan_report+0x147/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:593<br />
data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3053 [inline]<br />
f2fs_data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3058 [inline]<br />
f2fs_get_dnode_of_data+0x1a09/0x1c40 fs/f2fs/node.c:855<br />
f2fs_reserve_block+0x53/0x310 fs/f2fs/data.c:1195<br />
prepare_write_begin fs/f2fs/data.c:3395 [inline]<br />
f2fs_write_begin+0xf39/0x2190 fs/f2fs/data.c:3594<br />
generic_perform_write+0x2c7/0x910 mm/filemap.c:4112<br />
f2fs_buffered_write_iter fs/f2fs/file.c:4988 [inline]<br />
f2fs_file_write_iter+0x1ec8/0x2410 fs/f2fs/file.c:5216<br />
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]<br />
vfs_write+0x546/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686<br />
ksys_write+0x149/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738<br />
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]<br />
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x3d0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f<br />
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The root cause is in the corrupted image, there is a dnode has the same<br />
node id w/ its inode, so during f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(), it tries to<br />
access block address in dnode at offset 934, however it parses the dnode<br />
as inode node, so that get_dnode_addr() returns 360, then it tries to<br />
access page address from 360 + 934 * 4 = 4096 w/ 4 bytes.<br />
<br />
To fix this issue, let&#39;s add sanity check for node id of all direct nodes<br />
during f2fs_get_dnode_of_data().
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8 (including) | 5.4.297 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.241 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.190 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.149 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.103 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.44 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.16.4 (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/6b7784ea07e6aa044f74b39d6b5af5e28746fc81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77de19b6867f2740cdcb6c9c7e50d522b47847a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/888aa660144bcb6ec07839da756ee46bfcf7fc53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/901f62efd6e855f93d8b1175540f29f4dc45ba55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92ef491b506a0f4dd971a3a76f86f2d8f5370180
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a650654365c57407413e9b1f6ff4d539bf2e99ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4d13f5407cbdf1216cc258f45492075713889a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1d5093d9fe9f3c74c123741c88666cc853b79c5
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html



