CVE-2025-38627

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: compress: fix UAF of f2fs_inode_info in f2fs_free_dic The decompress_io_ctx may be released asynchronously after I/O completion. If this file is deleted immediately after read, and the kworker of processing post_read_wq has not been executed yet due to high workloads, It is possible that the inode(f2fs_inode_info) is evicted and freed before it is used f2fs_free_dic. The UAF case as below: Thread A Thread B - f2fs_decompress_end_io - f2fs_put_dic - queue_work add free_dic work to post_read_wq - do_unlink - iput - evict - call_rcu This file is deleted after read. Thread C kworker to process post_read_wq - rcu_do_batch - f2fs_free_inode - kmem_cache_free inode is freed by rcu - process_scheduled_works - f2fs_late_free_dic - f2fs_free_dic - f2fs_release_decomp_mem read (dic->inode)->i_compress_algorithm This patch store compress_algorithm and sbi in dic to avoid inode UAF. In addition, the previous solution is deprecated in [1] may cause system hang. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c36ab955-c8db-4a8b-a9d0-f07b5f426c3f@kernel.org

Gravité et risque d'exploitation

CVE-2025-38627 obtient un score CVSS de 7.8/10, soit une gravité élevée. Selon le modèle EPSS, la probabilité qu'elle soit exploitée dans les 30 prochains jours est de 0.17 %, ce qui la place devant 5.9 % des CVE référencées.

Que faire ?

• Vérifiez si Linux (versions 6.6.118, <=6.1.*, <=6.12.*, 6.12.78, <=6.16.*, 6.17, 0, <cc81768212cdc509e5a986274db7bc24d18cde19, bff139b49d9f70c1ac5384aac94554846aa834de, <8fae5b6addd5f6895e03797b56e3c7b9f9cd15c9, <74cbeeca4f16823ba58c882e1d8b836c0e39c93d, <=6.6.*, 6.1.175, 6.0, 6.16.1, <6.0, <39868685c2a94a70762bc6d77dc81d781d05bff5, <5d604d40cd3232b09cb339941ef958e49283ed0a, <=*) est présent sur votre parc.
• Appliquez le correctif ou la version corrigée indiqués dans les références de l'éditeur.
• À défaut de correctif, limitez l'exposition (filtrage réseau, désactivation du composant).
• Automatisez la détection : les agents CVE Heimdall (gratuits, open source) corrèlent l'inventaire de vos serveurs avec la base CVE.

Références

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cbeeca4f16823ba58c882e1d8b836c0e39c93d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d604d40cd3232b09cb339941ef958e49283ed0a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc81768212cdc509e5a986274db7bc24d18cde19
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fae5b6addd5f6895e03797b56e3c7b9f9cd15c9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39868685c2a94a70762bc6d77dc81d781d05bff5