CVE-2025-38578Use After Free in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_sync_inode_meta() syzbot reported an UAF issue as below: [1] [2] [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=CrashReport&x=16594c60580000 BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888100567dc8 by task kworker/u4:0/8 CPU: 1 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Tainted: G W 6.1.129-syzkaller-00017-g642656a36791 #0 Hardware name: Google Goo

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 Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.85.4.297+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux0f18b462b2e5aff64b8638e8a47284b907351ef337e78cad7e9e025e63bb35bc200f44637b009bb1+9

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q6w5-3c4x-vchv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_sync_inode_meta() syzbot reported an UAF issue as2025-08-19
OSV
CVE-2025-38578: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_sync_inode_meta() syzbot reported an UAF issue as b2025-08-19
CVEList
f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_sync_inode_meta()2025-08-19

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