CVE-2025-38172
Published: Jul 3, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid using multiple devices with different type For multiple devices, both primary and extra devices should be the same type. `erofs_init_device` has already guaranteed that if the primary is a file-backed device, extra devices should also be regular files. However, if the primary is a block device while the extra device is a file-backed device, `erofs_init_device` will get an ENOTBLK, which is not treated as an error in `erofs_fc_get_tree`, and that leads to an UAF: erofs_fc_get_tree get_tree_bdev_flags(erofs_fc_fill_super) erofs_read_superblock erofs_init_device // sbi->dif0 is not inited yet, // return -ENOTBLK deactivate_locked_super free(sbi) if (err is -ENOTBLK) sbi->dif0.file = filp_open() // sbi UAF So if -ENOTBLK is hitted in `erofs_init_device`, it means the primary device must be a block device, and the extra device is not a block device. The error can be converted to -EINVAL.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected fb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847 - < 65115472f741ca000d7ea4a5922214f93cd1516eaffected fb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847 - < cd04beb9ce2773a16057248bb4fa424068ae3807affected fb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847 - < 9748f2f54f66743ac77275c34886a9f890e18409 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.12unaffected 0 - < 6.12unaffected 6.12.34 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.15.3 - <= 6.15.*unaffected 6.16 - <= * |
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