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Linux Linux — gfs2: Truncate address space when flipping GFS2_DIF_JDATA flag
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0024 15.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 2164f9b9186962ffb7c687e18ec6f5255525f09d – —
Linux 5.10 – 5.10.234
TIMELINE
Dec 29 Reserved by Linux
Feb 12 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-21699 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gfs2: Truncate address space when flipping GFS2_DIF_JDATA flag
Truncate an inode's address space when flipping the GFS2_DIF_JDATA flag:
depending on that flag, the pages in the address space will either use
buffer heads or iomap_folio_state structs, and we cannot mix the two.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| December 29, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 12, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-21699 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2164f9b9186962ffb7c687e18ec6f5255525f09d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.10 | 5.10.234 |
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