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CVE-2025-38650
published 2025-08-22

CVE-2025-38650: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: remove mutex_lock check in hfsplus_free_extents Syzbot reported an issue in…

medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: remove mutex_lock check in hfsplus_free_extents Syzbot reported an issue in hfsplus filesystem: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4400 at fs/hfsplus/extents.c:346 hfsplus_free_extents+0x700/0xad0 Call Trace: hfsplus_file_truncate+0x768/0xbb0 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:606 hfsplus_write_begin+0xc2/0xd0 fs/hfsplus/inode.c:56 cont_expand_zero fs/buffer.c:2383 [inline] cont_write_begin+0x2cf/0x860 fs/buffer.c:2446 hfsplus_write_begin+0x86/0xd0 fs/hfsplus/inode.c:52 generic_cont_expand_simple+0x151/0x250 fs/buffer.c:2347 hfsplus_setattr+0x168/0x280 fs/hfsplus/inode.c:263 notify_change+0xe38/0x10f0 fs/attr.c:420 do_truncate+0x1fb/0x2e0 fs/open.c:65 do_sys_ftruncate+0x2eb/0x380 fs/open.c:193 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd To avoid deadlock, Commit 31651c607151 ("hfsplus: avoid deadlock on file truncation") unlock extree before hfsplus_free_extents(), and add check wheather extree is locked in hfsplus_free_extents(). However, when operations such as hfsplus_file_release, hfsplus_setattr, hfsplus_unlink, and hfsplus_get_block are executed concurrently in different files, it is very likely to trigger the WARN_ON, which will lead syzbot and xfstest to consider it as an abnormality. The comment above this warning also describes one of the easy triggering situations, which can easily trigger and cause xfstest&syzbot to report errors. [task A] [task B] ->hfsplus_file_release ->hfsplus_file_truncate ->hfs_find_init ->mutex_lock ->mutex_unlock ->hfsplus_write_begin ->hfsplus_get_block ->hfsplus_file_extend ->hfsplus_ext_read_extent ->hfs_find_init ->mutex_lock ->hfsplus_free_extents WARN_ON(mutex_is_locked) !!! Several threads could try to lock the shared extents tree. And warning can be triggered in one thread when another thread has locked the tree. This is the wrong

Affected

39 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.148-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.148-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.148-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.148-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < 0807e4ac59a546f2346961c5e26a98901594b2050807e4ac59a546f2346961c5e26a98901594b205
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < fdd6aca652122d6e97787e88d7dd53ddc8b74e7efdd6aca652122d6e97787e88d7dd53ddc8b74e7e
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < 14922f0cc92e010b160121679c0a6ca072f4e97514922f0cc92e010b160121679c0a6ca072f4e975
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < a19ce9230b22a0866313932e7964cf05557a6008a19ce9230b22a0866313932e7964cf05557a6008
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < 084933961ecda7561dedfb78c4676ccb90c91ada084933961ecda7561dedfb78c4676ccb90c91ada
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < 5055b7db94110f228961dea6b74eed0a93a50b015055b7db94110f228961dea6b74eed0a93a50b01
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < 9764b8bb9f5f94df105cd2ac43829dd0d2c82b9f9764b8bb9f5f94df105cd2ac43829dd0d2c82b9f
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < 314310166ba1fdff7660dfd9d18ea42d7058f7ae314310166ba1fdff7660dfd9d18ea42d7058f7ae
linuxlinux>= 31651c607151f1034cfb57e5a78678bea54c362b < fcb96956c921f1aae7e7b477f2435c56f77a31b4fcb96956c921f1aae7e7b477f2435c56f77a31b4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.244-15.10.244-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.148-16.1.148-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.43-16.12.43-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.3-16.16.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-163.1735.15.0-163.173
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19 < 5.4.2975.4.297
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1905.15.190
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1486.1.148
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2415.10.241
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.106.15.10
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.16 < 6.16.16.16.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM