Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix to do sanity check on node footer for non inode dnode

As syzbot reported below:

------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/file.c:1243!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5354 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1-syzkaller-00211-g90d970cade8e #0 PREEMPT(full)
RIP: 0010:f2fs_truncate_hole+0x69e/0x6c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:1243
Call Trace:
<TASK>
f2fs_punch_hole+0x2db/0x330 fs/f2fs/file.c:1306
f2fs_fallocate+0x546/0x990 fs/f2fs/file.c:2018
vfs_fallocate+0x666/0x7e0 fs/open.c:342
ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:366 [inline]
__do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:371 [inline]
__se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:369 [inline]
__x64_sys_fallocate+0xc0/0x110 fs/open.c:369
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f1e65f8ebe9

w/ a fuzzed image, f2fs may encounter panic due to it detects inconsistent
truncation range in direct node in f2fs_truncate_hole().

The root cause is: a non-inode dnode may has the same footer.ino and
footer.nid, so the dnode will be parsed as an inode, then ADDRS_PER_PAGE()
may return wrong blkaddr count which may be 923 typically, by chance,
dn.ofs_in_node is equal to 923, then count can be calculated to 0 in below
statement, later it will trigger panic w/ f2fs_bug_on(, count == 0 || ...).

count = min(end_offset - dn.ofs_in_node, pg_end - pg_start);

This patch introduces a new node_type NODE_TYPE_NON_INODE, then allowing
passing the new_type to sanity_check_node_footer in f2fs_get_node_folio()
to detect corruption that a non-inode dnode has the same footer.ino and
footer.nid.

Scripts to reproduce:
mkfs.f2fs -f /dev/vdb
mount /dev/vdb /mnt/f2fs
touch /mnt/f2fs/foo
touch /mnt/f2fs/bar
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/foo bs=1M count=8
umount /mnt/f2fs
inject.f2fs --node --mb i_nid --nid 4 --idx 0 --val 5 /dev/vdb
mount /dev/vdb /mnt/f2fs
xfs_io /mnt/f2fs/foo -c "fpunch 6984k 4k"
Published: 2025-10-28
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7906-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7906-2 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7906-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
History

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
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Vendors & Products Linux
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Metrics threat_severity

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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on node footer for non inode dnode As syzbot reported below: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/file.c:1243! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5354 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1-syzkaller-00211-g90d970cade8e #0 PREEMPT(full) RIP: 0010:f2fs_truncate_hole+0x69e/0x6c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:1243 Call Trace: <TASK> f2fs_punch_hole+0x2db/0x330 fs/f2fs/file.c:1306 f2fs_fallocate+0x546/0x990 fs/f2fs/file.c:2018 vfs_fallocate+0x666/0x7e0 fs/open.c:342 ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:366 [inline] __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:371 [inline] __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:369 [inline] __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc0/0x110 fs/open.c:369 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f1e65f8ebe9 w/ a fuzzed image, f2fs may encounter panic due to it detects inconsistent truncation range in direct node in f2fs_truncate_hole(). The root cause is: a non-inode dnode may has the same footer.ino and footer.nid, so the dnode will be parsed as an inode, then ADDRS_PER_PAGE() may return wrong blkaddr count which may be 923 typically, by chance, dn.ofs_in_node is equal to 923, then count can be calculated to 0 in below statement, later it will trigger panic w/ f2fs_bug_on(, count == 0 || ...). count = min(end_offset - dn.ofs_in_node, pg_end - pg_start); This patch introduces a new node_type NODE_TYPE_NON_INODE, then allowing passing the new_type to sanity_check_node_footer in f2fs_get_node_folio() to detect corruption that a non-inode dnode has the same footer.ino and footer.nid. Scripts to reproduce: mkfs.f2fs -f /dev/vdb mount /dev/vdb /mnt/f2fs touch /mnt/f2fs/foo touch /mnt/f2fs/bar dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/foo bs=1M count=8 umount /mnt/f2fs inject.f2fs --node --mb i_nid --nid 4 --idx 0 --val 5 /dev/vdb mount /dev/vdb /mnt/f2fs xfs_io /mnt/f2fs/foo -c "fpunch 6984k 4k"
Title f2fs: fix to do sanity check on node footer for non inode dnode
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T21:41:01.603Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.152Z

Link: CVE-2025-40025

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-28T10:15:40.920

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-40025

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40025 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-29T10:58:45Z

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