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CVE-2025-38652HIGH
Linux Linux — f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in devs.path
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  N  H    7.1   .0017    6.9     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    3c62be17d4f562f43fe1d03b48194399caa35aa5 –  —
  Linux    4.10 –                                      5.4.297
TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by Linux
  Aug 22  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-38652 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 7.1 (NVD).
CWE-125 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in devs.path - touch /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 - truncate -s $((1024*1024*1024)) \ /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 - touch /mnt/f2fs/file - truncate -s $((1024*1024*1024)) /mnt/f2fs/file - mkfs.f2fs /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 \ -c /mnt/f2fs/file - mount /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 \ /mnt/f2fs/loop [16937.192225] F2FS-fs (loop0): Mount Device [ 0]: /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123\xff\x01, 511, 0 - 3ffff [16937.192268] F2FS-fs (loop0): Failed to find devices If device path length equals to MAX_PATH_LEN, sbi->devs.path[] may not end up w/ null character due to path array is fully filled, So accidently, fields locate after path[] may be treated as part of device path, result in parsing wrong device path. struct f2fs_dev_info { ... char path[MAX_PATH_LEN]; ... }; Let's add one byte space for sbi->devs.path[] to store null character of device path string.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 16, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
August 22, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-38652 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 7.1 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux3c62be17d4f562f43fe1d03b48194399caa35aa5
LinuxLinux4.105.4.297

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (11)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38652 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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