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CVE-2025-71237
published 2026-02-18

CVE-2025-71237: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang When a user executes the FITRIM…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.12%
2.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang When a user executes the FITRIM command, an underflow can occur when calculating nblocks if end_block is too small. Since nblocks is of type sector_t, which is u64, a negative nblocks value will become a very large positive integer. This ultimately leads to the block layer function __blkdev_issue_discard() taking an excessively long time to process the bio chain, and the ns_segctor_sem lock remains held for a long period. This prevents other tasks from acquiring the ns_segctor_sem lock, resulting in the hang reported by syzbot in [1]. If the ending block is too small, typically if it is smaller than 4KiB range, depending on the usage of the segment 0, it may be possible to attempt a discard request beyond the device size causing the hang. Exiting successfully and assign the discarded size (0 in this case) to range->len. Although the start and len values in the user input range are too small, a conservative strategy is adopted here to safely ignore them, which is equivalent to a no-op; it will not perform any trimming and will not throw an error. [1] task:segctord state:D stack:28968 pid:6093 tgid:6093 ppid:2 task_flags:0x200040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: rwbase_write_lock+0x3dd/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:272 nilfs_transaction_lock+0x253/0x4c0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:357 nilfs_segctor_thread_construct fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2569 [inline] nilfs_segctor_thread+0x6ec/0xe00 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2684 [ryusuke: corrected part of the commit message about the consequences]

Affected

66 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < 6457d3ee41a4c15082ac49c5aa7fb933b4a043f36457d3ee41a4c15082ac49c5aa7fb933b4a043f3
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < ba18e5f22f26aa4ef78bc3e81f639d1d4f3845e6ba18e5f22f26aa4ef78bc3e81f639d1d4f3845e6
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < 2438982f635e6cc2009be68ba2efb2998727d8d42438982f635e6cc2009be68ba2efb2998727d8d4
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < df1e20796c9f3d541cca47fb72e4369ea135642ddf1e20796c9f3d541cca47fb72e4369ea135642d
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < ea2278657ad0d62596589fbe2caf995e189e65e7ea2278657ad0d62596589fbe2caf995e189e65e7
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < 4aa45f841413cca81882602b4042c53502f34cad4aa45f841413cca81882602b4042c53502f34cad
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < b8c5ee234bd54f1447c846101fdaef2cf70c2149b8c5ee234bd54f1447c846101fdaef2cf70c2149
linuxlinux>= 82e11e857be3ffd2a0a952c9db8aa2379e2b9e44 < ed527ef0c264e4bed6c7b2a158ddf516b17f5f66ed527ef0c264e4bed6c7b2a158ddf516b17f5f66
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.251-15.10.251-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.164-16.1.164-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.73-16.12.73-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.12-16.18.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.15 < 5.10.2515.10.251
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.2015.15.201
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1646.1.164
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.116.18.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 6.19.16.19.1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1256.6.125
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.726.12.72
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.121.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
ubuntulinux

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
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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