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FKIE_CVE-2025-38627

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-22 16:15 - Updated: 2026-07-30 06:23
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: compress: fix UAF of f2fs_inode_info in f2fs_free_dic The decompress_io_ctx may be released asynchronously after I/O completion. If this file is deleted immediately after read, and the kworker of processing post_read_wq has not been executed yet due to high workloads, It is possible that the inode(f2fs_inode_info) is evicted and freed before it is used f2fs_free_dic. The UAF case as below: Thread A Thread B - f2fs_decompress_end_io - f2fs_put_dic - queue_work add free_dic work to post_read_wq - do_unlink - iput - evict - call_rcu This file is deleted after read. Thread C kworker to process post_read_wq - rcu_do_batch - f2fs_free_inode - kmem_cache_free inode is freed by rcu - process_scheduled_works - f2fs_late_free_dic - f2fs_free_dic - f2fs_release_decomp_mem read (dic->inode)->i_compress_algorithm This patch store compress_algorithm and sbi in dic to avoid inode UAF. In addition, the previous solution is deprecated in [1] may cause system hang. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c36ab955-c8db-4a8b-a9d0-f07b5f426c3f@kernel.org
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39868685c2a94a70762bc6d77dc81d781d05bff5Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d604d40cd3232b09cb339941ef958e49283ed0a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cbeeca4f16823ba58c882e1d8b836c0e39c93d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fae5b6addd5f6895e03797b56e3c7b9f9cd15c9Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc81768212cdc509e5a986274db7bc24d18cde19
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: compress: fix UAF of f2fs_inode_info in f2fs_free_dic\n\nThe decompress_io_ctx may be released asynchronously after\nI/O completion. If this file is deleted immediately after read,\nand the kworker of processing post_read_wq has not been executed yet\ndue to high workloads, It is possible that the inode(f2fs_inode_info)\nis evicted and freed before it is used f2fs_free_dic.\n\n    The UAF case as below:\n    Thread A                                      Thread B\n    - f2fs_decompress_end_io\n     - f2fs_put_dic\n      - queue_work\n        add free_dic work to post_read_wq\n                                                   - do_unlink\n                                                    - iput\n                                                     - evict\n                                                      - call_rcu\n    This file is deleted after read.\n\n    Thread C                                 kworker to process post_read_wq\n    - rcu_do_batch\n     - f2fs_free_inode\n      - kmem_cache_free\n     inode is freed by rcu\n                                             - process_scheduled_works\n                                              - f2fs_late_free_dic\n                                               - f2fs_free_dic\n                                                - f2fs_release_decomp_mem\n                                      read (dic-\u003einode)-\u003ei_compress_algorithm\n\nThis patch store compress_algorithm and sbi in dic to avoid inode UAF.\n\nIn addition, the previous solution is deprecated in [1] may cause system hang.\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c36ab955-c8db-4a8b-a9d0-f07b5f426c3f@kernel.org"
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: f2fs: compress: fix UAF de f2fs_inode_info en f2fs_free_dic El decompress_io_ctx puede liberarse de forma as\u00edncrona tras la finalizaci\u00f3n de la E/S. Si este archivo se elimina inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de la lectura, y el kworker del procesamiento de post_read_wq a\u00fan no se ha ejecutado debido a las altas cargas de trabajo, es posible que el inodo (f2fs_inode_info) se desaloje y se libere antes de que se use f2fs_free_dic. El caso de UAF como se muestra a continuaci\u00f3n: Hilo A Hilo B - f2fs_decompress_end_io - f2fs_put_dic - queue_work a\u00f1adir trabajo free_dic a post_read_wq - do_unlink - iput - evict - call_rcu Este archivo se elimina tras la lectura. Hilo C kworker para procesar post_read_wq - rcu_do_batch - f2fs_free_inode - kmem_cache_free inodo liberado por rcu - process_scheduled_works - f2fs_late_free_dic - f2fs_free_dic - f2fs_release_decomp_mem lectura (dic-\u0026gt;inode)-\u0026gt;i_compress_algorithm). Este parche almacena compress_algorithm y sbi en dic para evitar el UAF del inodo. Adem\u00e1s, la soluci\u00f3n anterior est\u00e1 obsoleta en [1] y puede causar un bloqueo del sistema. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c36ab955-c8db-4a8b-a9d0-f07b5f426c3f@kernel.org"
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-30T06:23:32.153",
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