Linux Kernel up to 6.6.111/6.12.52/6.17.2 fs/inode.c f2fs_truncate infinite loop

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.111/6.12.52/6.17.2. This affects the function f2fs_truncate of the file fs/inode.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to infinite loop. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-40137. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.111/6.12.52/6.17.2. This vulnerability affects the function f2fs_truncate of the file fs/inode.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to truncate first page in error path of f2fs_truncate() syzbot reports a bug as below: loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 40427 F2FS-fs (loop0): Wrong SSA boundary, start(3584) end(4096) blocks(3072) F2FS-fs (loop0): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in 1th superblock F2FS-fs (loop0): invalid crc value F2FS-fs (loop0): f2fs_convert_inline_folio: corrupted inline inode ino=3, i_addr[0]:0x1601, run fsck to fix. ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:753! RIP: 0010:clear_inode+0x169/0x190 fs/inode.c:753 Call Trace: <TASK> evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810 f2fs_fill_super+0x5612/0x6fa0 fs/f2fs/super.c:5047 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1692 vfs_get_tree+0x8f/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1815 do_new_mount+0x2a2/0x9e0 fs/namespace.c:3808 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4136 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4347 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x317/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4324 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f During f2fs_evict_inode(), clear_inode() detects that we missed to truncate all page cache before destorying inode, that is because in below path, we will create page #0 in cache, but missed to drop it in error path, let's fix it. - evict - f2fs_evict_inode - f2fs_truncate - f2fs_convert_inline_inode - f2fs_grab_cache_folio : create page #0 in cache - f2fs_convert_inline_folio : sanity check failed, return -EFSCORRUPTED - clear_inode detects that inode->i_data.nrpages is not zero

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-40137 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298897 (Ubuntu 25.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8029-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.112, 6.12.53, 6.17.3 or 6.18-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 83a8e4efea022506a0e049e7206bdf8be9f78148/a7b7ebdd7045a36454b3e388a2ecf50344fad9e6/3b0c8908faa18cded84d64822882a830ab1f4d26/9251a9e6e871cb03c4714a18efa8f5d4a8818450 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 (298897) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2579). 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
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.111
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
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• 6.12.48
• 6.12.49
• 6.12.50
• 6.12.51
• 6.12.52
• 6.17.0
• 6.17.1
• 6.17.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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