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Linux Linux — netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0027 18.9 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 7eb5b3e3a0a55f2d166ca949ef47ca6e0c704aab – —
Linux 6.8 – 6.12.26
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
May 9 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-37876 (Linux). CVSS 7 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS
When testing a special config:
CONFIG_NETFS_SUPPORTS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=n
The system crashes with something like:
[ 3.766197] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3.766484] kernel BUG at mm/mempool.c:560!
[ 3.766789] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 3.767123] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W
[ 3.767777] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 3.767968] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
[ 3.768523] RIP: 0010:mempool_alloc_slab.cold+0x17/0x19
[ 3.768847] Code: 50 fe ff 58 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 93 95 13 00
[ 3.769977] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000013998 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 3.770315] RAX: 000000000000002f RBX: ffff888100ba8640 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 3.770749] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[ 3.771217] RBP: 0000000000092880 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc90000013828
[ 3.771664] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000ffffffea R12: 0000000000092cc0
[ 3.772117] R13: 0000000000000400 R14: ffff8881004b1620 R15: ffffea0004ef7e40
[ 3.772554] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881b5f3c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 3.773061] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 3.773443] CR2: ffffffff830901b4 CR3: 0000000004296001 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 3.773884] PKRU: 55555554
[ 3.774058] Call Trace:
[ 3.774232] <TASK>
[ 3.774371] mempool_alloc_noprof+0x6a/0x190
[ 3.774649] ? _printk+0x57/0x80
[ 3.774862] netfs_alloc_request+0x85/0x2ce
[ 3.775147] netfs_readahead+0x28/0x170
[ 3.775395] read_pages+0x6c/0x350
[ 3.775623] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.775928] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x1bd/0x2a0
[ 3.776247] filemap_get_pages+0x139/0x970
[ 3.776510] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.776820] filemap_read+0xf9/0x580
[ 3.777054] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.777368] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.777674] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90
[ 3.777929] ? netfs_start_io_read+0x19/0x70
[ 3.778221] ? netfs_start_io_read+0x19/0x70
[ 3.778489] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.778800] ? lock_acquired+0x1e6/0x450
[ 3.779054] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.779379] netfs_buffered_read_iter+0x57/0x80
[ 3.779670] __kernel_read+0x158/0x2c0
[ 3.779927] bprm_execve+0x300/0x7a0
[ 3.780185] kernel_execve+0x10c/0x140
[ 3.780423] ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
[ 3.780690] kernel_init+0xd5/0x150
[ 3.780910] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
[ 3.781156] ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
[ 3.781414] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 3.781677] </TASK>
[ 3.781823] Modules linked in:
[ 3.782065] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
This is caused by the following error path in netfs_init():
if (!proc_mkdir("fs/netfs", NULL))
goto error_proc;
Fix this by adding ifdef in netfs_main(), so that /proc/fs/netfs is only
created with CONFIG_PROC_FS.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 9, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-37876 (Linux). CVSS 7 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 7eb5b3e3a0a55f2d166ca949ef47ca6e0c704aab | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.8 | 6.12.26 |
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