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Linux Linux — f2fs: fix to bail out in get_new_segment()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0015 5.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 – —
Linux 3.8 – 6.12.35
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Jul 10 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38333 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to bail out in get_new_segment()
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WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 579 at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2832 new_curseg+0x5e8/0x6dc
pc : new_curseg+0x5e8/0x6dc
Call trace:
new_curseg+0x5e8/0x6dc
f2fs_allocate_data_block+0xa54/0xe28
do_write_page+0x6c/0x194
f2fs_do_write_node_page+0x38/0x78
__write_node_page+0x248/0x6d4
f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x524/0x72c
f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x4bc/0x9b0
__checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x80/0x244
issue_checkpoint_thread+0x8c/0xec
kthread+0x114/0x1bc
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
get_new_segment() detects inconsistent status in between free_segmap
and free_secmap, let's record such error into super block, and bail
out get_new_segment() instead of continue using the segment.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 10, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38333 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 3.8 | 6.12.35 |
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