CVE-2025-22127 — Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667 — Improper Locking12 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateJul 8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadloop in prepare_compress_overwrite() Jan Prusakowski reported a kernel hang issue as below: When running xfstests on linux-next kernel (6.14.0-rc3, 6.12) I encountered a problem in generic/475 test where fsstress process gets blocked in __f2fs_write_data_pages() and the test hangs. The options I used are: MKFS_OPTIONS -- -O compression -O extra_attr -O project_quota -O quota /dev/vdc MOUNT_OPTIONS -- …

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.6 — 6.14.2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.16.3-1
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.14.0-22.22

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2025-06-26
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OSV
linux, linux-gcp, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-06-24
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GHSA
GHSA-gj5h-7fq5-56p5: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadloop in prepare_compress_overwrite() Jan Prusakowski rep↗2025-04-16
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OSV
CVE-2025-22127: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadloop in prepare_compress_overwrite() Jan Prusakowski repor↗2025-04-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-06-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-06-24
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Red Hat
kernel: f2fs: fix potential deadloop in prepare_compress_overwrite()↗2025-04-16
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Microsoft
f2fs: fix potential deadloop in prepare_compress_overwrite()↗2025-04-08
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