Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-22076exfat: fix missing shutdown check

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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.9% 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: exfat: fix missing shutdown check xfstests generic/730 test failed because after deleting the device that still had dirty data, the file could still be read without returning an error. The reason is the missing shutdown check in ->read_iter. I also noticed that shutdown checks were missing from ->write_iter, ->splice_read, and ->mmap. This commit adds shutdown checks to all of them.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22076
Debian:14linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22076

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f761fcdd289d07e8547fef7ac76c3760fc7803f2 – before 4a9595eb024b8319957c178be3cdeed613ac0795f761fcdd289d07e8547fef7ac76c3760fc7803f2 – before e41e33eb795cb9c1ead6ac627d8710546fac6e81f761fcdd289d07e8547fef7ac76c3760fc7803f2 – before 539147585ca453db6e3d7a5cf3b9c9690513762df761fcdd289d07e8547fef7ac76c3760fc7803f2 – before 47e35366bc6fa3cf189a8305bce63992495f3efa
Linux Linux 6.12

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