Linux Kernel up to 6.14.2 fs/f2fs/node.h f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks array index

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.134/6.6.87/6.12.23/6.13.11/6.14.2. The impacted element is the function f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks of the file fs/f2fs/node.h. The manipulation results in array index. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-37739. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.134/6.6.87/6.12.23/6.13.11/6.14.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks of the file fs/f2fs/node.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a array index vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-129. The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-bounds access in f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks() syzbot reports an UBSAN issue as below: ------------[ cut here ]------------ UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/node.h:381:10 index 18446744073709550692 is out of range for type '__le32[5]' (aka 'unsigned int[5]') CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5318 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc3-syzkaller-00060-g6537cfb395f3 #0 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:231 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x121/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:429 get_nid fs/f2fs/node.h:381 [inline] f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks+0xa5e/0xf60 fs/f2fs/node.c:1181 f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x782/0x1030 fs/f2fs/file.c:808 f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x10d/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:836 f2fs_truncate+0x417/0x720 fs/f2fs/file.c:886 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x1bdb/0x2550 fs/f2fs/file.c:5093 aio_write+0x56b/0x7c0 fs/aio.c:1633 io_submit_one+0x8a7/0x18a0 fs/aio.c:2052 __do_sys_io_submit fs/aio.c:2111 [inline] __se_sys_io_submit+0x171/0x2e0 fs/aio.c:2081 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f238798cde9 index 18446744073709550692 (decimal, unsigned long long) = 0xfffffffffffffc64 (hexadecimal, unsigned long long) = -924 (decimal, long long) In f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks(), UBSAN detects that get_nid() tries to access .i_nid[-924], it means both offset[0] and level should zero. The possible case should be in f2fs_do_truncate_blocks(), we try to truncate inode size to zero, however, dn.ofs_in_node is zero and dn.node_page is not an inode page, so it fails to truncate inode page, and then pass zeroed free_from to f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks(), result in this issue. if (dn.ofs_in_node || IS_INODE(dn.node_page)) { f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range(&dn, count); free_from += count; } I guess the reason why dn.node_page is not an inode page could be: there are multiple nat entries share the same node block address, once the node block address was reused, f2fs_get_node_page() may load a non-inode block. Let's add a sanity check for such condition to avoid out-of-bounds access issue.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-37739 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/15/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237255 (Debian dla-4178 : ata-modules-5.10.0-34-armmp-di - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3 or 6.15-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 98dbf2af63de0b551082c9bc48333910e009b09f/8b5e5aac44fee122947a269f9034c048e4c295de/ecc461331604b07cdbdb7360dbdf78471653264c/d7242fd7946d4cba0411effb6b5048ca55125747/6ba8b41d0aa4b82f90f0c416cb53fcef9696525d/e6494977bd4a83862118a05f57a8df40256951c0 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (237255), EUVD (EUVD-2025-13073) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0922). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.134
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.6.55
• 6.6.56
• 6.6.57
• 6.6.58
• 6.6.59
• 6.6.60
• 6.6.61
• 6.6.62
• 6.6.63
• 6.6.64
• 6.6.65
• 6.6.66
• 6.6.67
• 6.6.68
• 6.6.69
• 6.6.70
• 6.6.71
• 6.6.72
• 6.6.73
• 6.6.74
• 6.6.75
• 6.6.76
• 6.6.77
• 6.6.78
• 6.6.79
• 6.6.80
• 6.6.81
• 6.6.82
• 6.6.83
• 6.6.84
• 6.6.85
• 6.6.86
• 6.6.87
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.13.0
• 6.13.1
• 6.13.2
• 6.13.3
• 6.13.4
• 6.13.5
• 6.13.6
• 6.13.7
• 6.13.8
• 6.13.9
• 6.13.10
• 6.13.11
• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1
• 6.14.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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