In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/erofs/fileio: call erofs_onlinefolio_split() after bio_add_folio()
If bio_add_folio() fails (because it is full),
erofs_fileio_scan_folio() needs to submit the I/O request via
erofs_fileio_rq_submit() and allocate a new I/O request with an empty
`struct bio`. Then it retries the bio_add_folio() call.
However, at this point, erofs_onlinefolio_split() has already been
called which increments `folio->private`; the retry will call
erofs_onlinefolio_split() again, but there will never be a matching
erofs_onlinefolio_end() call. This leaves the folio locked forever
and all waiters will be stuck in folio_wait_bit_common().
This bug has been added by commit ce63cb62d794 ("erofs: support
unencoded inodes for fileio"), but was practically unreachable because
there was room for 256 folios in the `struct bio` - until commit
9f74ae8c9ac9 ("erofs: shorten bvecs[] for file-backed mounts") which
reduced the array capacity to 16 folios.
It was now trivial to trigger the bug by manually invoking readahead
from userspace, e.g.:
posix_fadvise(fd, 0, st.st_size, POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED);
This should be fixed by invoking erofs_onlinefolio_split() only after
bio_add_folio() has succeeded. This is safe: asynchronous completions
invoking erofs_onlinefolio_end() will not unlock the folio because
erofs_fileio_scan_folio() is still holding a reference to be released
by erofs_onlinefolio_end() at the end.
References
Configurations
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History
14 Nov 2025, 16:48
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e0fc3312309867e5a3495329dad0286d2a5703 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbfe756dc3062c1e934f06e5ba39c239aa953b92 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c26076197df348c84cc23e5962d61902e072a0f5 - Patch |
Information
Published : 2025-05-29 14:15
Updated : 2025-11-14 16:48
NVD link : CVE-2025-37999
Mitre link : CVE-2025-37999
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-37999
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
