Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38163f2fs: fix to do sanity check on sbi->total_valid_block_count

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: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on sbi->total_valid_block_count syzbot reported a f2fs bug as below: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2521! RIP: 0010:dec_valid_block_count+0x3b2/0x3c0 fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2521 Call Trace: f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range+0xc8c/0x11a0 fs/f2fs/file.c:695 truncate_dnode+0x417/0x740 fs/f2fs/node.c:973 truncate_nodes+0x3ec/0xf50 fs/f2fs/node.c:1014 f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks+0x8e3/0x1370 fs/f2fs/node.c:1197 f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x840/0x12b0 fs/f2fs/file.c:810 f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x10d/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:838 f2fs_truncate+0x417/0x720 fs/f2fs/file.c:888 f2fs_setattr+0xc4f/0x12f0 fs/f2fs/file.c:1112 notify_change+0xbca/0xe90 fs/attr.c:552 do_truncate+0x222/0x310 fs/open.c:65 handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3466 [inline] do_open fs/namei.c:3849 [inline] path_openat+0x2e4f/0x35d0 fs/namei.c:4004 do_filp_open+0x284/0x4e0 fs/namei.c:4031 do_sys_openat2+0x12b/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1429 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1444 [inline] __do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1522 [inline] __se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1516 [inline] __x64_sys_creat+0x124/0x170 fs/open.c:1516 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 The reason is: in fuzzed image, sbi->total_valid_block_count is inconsistent w/ mapped blocks indexed by inode, so, we should not trigger panic for such case, instead, let's print log and set fsck flag.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.147-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38163
Debian:13linux6.12.35-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38163
Debian:14linux6.12.35-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-156.166USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-156.166UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-100.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1092.99USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1092.99UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1096.105USN-7775-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1096.105UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1046.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1096.105.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1092.101USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1092.101UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1047.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1089.95USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1089.95UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1043.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1075.83USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1075.83UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1086.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1086.89USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1044.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1087.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1087.93USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1088.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1088.93USN-7774-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-156.166UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-156.166USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-100.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1087.88USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1087.88UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1046.49.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1045.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1045.45USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1034.34UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1034.34USN-7774-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1090.96UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1090.96USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1043.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1086.89USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1086.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1047.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1023.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1056.60USN-7774-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1056.60UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38163

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 39a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before 49bc7bf38e42cfa642787e947f5721696ea73ac339a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before f1b743c1955151bd392539b739a3ad155296be1339a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before 6a324d77f7ea1a91d55c4b6ad970e3ac9ab6a20d39a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before 25f3776b58c1c45ad2e50ab4b263505b4d2378ca39a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before a39cc43efc1bca74ed9d6cf9e60b995071f7d17839a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before 65b3f76592aed5a43c4d79375ac097acf975972b39a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before ccc28c0397f75a3ec9539cceed9db014d7b7386939a53e0ce0df01b3cf4bb898c7ae2fd2189647d5 – before 05872a167c2cab80ef186ef23cc34a6776a1a30c
Linux Linux 3.8

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