Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-37999fs/erofs/fileio: call erofs_onlinefolio_split() after bio_add_folio()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.29-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37999
Debian:14linux6.12.29-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.146.14.0-28.28~24.04.1USN-7699-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1010.10USN-7699-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-28.28.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37999

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ce63cb62d794c98c7631c2296fa845f2a8d0a4a1 – before 61e0fc3312309867e5a3495329dad0286d2a5703ce63cb62d794c98c7631c2296fa845f2a8d0a4a1 – before c26076197df348c84cc23e5962d61902e072a0f5ce63cb62d794c98c7631c2296fa845f2a8d0a4a1 – before bbfe756dc3062c1e934f06e5ba39c239aa953b92
Linux Linux 6.12

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