{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-40054", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:20:57.157Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-28T11:48:29.073Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:41:35.311Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:41:35.311Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix UAF issue in f2fs_merge_page_bio()\n\nAs JY reported in bugzilla [1],\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000\npc : [0xffffffe51d249484] f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed+0x70/0x98\nlr : [0xffffffe51d24adbc] f2fs_merge_page_bio+0x520/0x6d4\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 6790 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainted: P B W OE 6.12.30-android16-5-maybe-dirty-4k #1 5f7701c9cbf727d1eebe77c89bbbeb3371e895e5\nTainted: [P]=PROPRIETARY_MODULE, [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\nWorkqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:49)\nCall trace:\n f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed+0x70/0x98\n f2fs_inplace_write_data+0x174/0x2f4\n f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x214/0x81c\n f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x28c/0x764\n f2fs_write_data_pages+0x78c/0xce4\n do_writepages+0xe8/0x2fc\n __writeback_single_inode+0x4c/0x4b4\n writeback_sb_inodes+0x314/0x540\n __writeback_inodes_wb+0xa4/0xf4\n wb_writeback+0x160/0x448\n wb_workfn+0x2f0/0x5dc\n process_scheduled_works+0x1c8/0x458\n worker_thread+0x334/0x3f0\n kthread+0x118/0x1ac\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220575\n\nThe panic was caused by UAF issue w/ below race condition:\n\nkworker\n- writepages\n - f2fs_write_cache_pages\n - f2fs_write_single_data_page\n - f2fs_do_write_data_page\n - f2fs_inplace_write_data\n - f2fs_merge_page_bio\n - add_inu_page\n : cache page #1 into bio & cache bio in\n io->bio_list\n - f2fs_write_single_data_page\n - f2fs_do_write_data_page\n - f2fs_inplace_write_data\n - f2fs_merge_page_bio\n - add_inu_page\n : cache page #2 into bio which is linked\n in io->bio_list\n\t\t\t\t\t\twrite\n\t\t\t\t\t\t- f2fs_write_begin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t: write page #1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - f2fs_folio_wait_writeback\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - f2fs_submit_merged_ipu_write\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - f2fs_submit_write_bio\n\t\t\t\t\t\t : submit bio which inclues page #1 and #2\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsoftware IRQ\n\t\t\t\t\t\t- f2fs_write_end_io\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - fscrypt_free_bounce_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t : freed bounced page which belongs to page #2\n - inc_page_count( , WB_DATA_TYPE(data_folio), false)\n : data_folio points to fio->encrypted_page\n the bounced page can be freed before\n accessing it in f2fs_is_cp_guarantee()\n\nIt can reproduce w/ below testcase:\nRun below script in shell #1:\nfor ((i=1;i>0;i++)) do xfs_io -f /mnt/f2fs/enc/file \\\n-c \"pwrite 0 32k\" -c \"fdatasync\"\n\nRun below script in shell #2:\nfor ((i=1;i>0;i++)) do xfs_io -f /mnt/f2fs/enc/file \\\n-c \"pwrite 0 32k\" -c \"fdatasync\"\n\nSo, in f2fs_merge_page_bio(), let's avoid using fio->encrypted_page after\ncommit page into internal ipu cache."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/f2fs/data.c"], "versions": [{"version": "0b20fcec8651569935a10afe03fedc0b812d044e", "lessThan": "01118321e0c8a5f3ece57d0d377bfc92d83cd210", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0b20fcec8651569935a10afe03fedc0b812d044e", "lessThan": "edf7e9040fc52c922db947f9c6c36f07377c52ea", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/f2fs/data.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.5", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.17.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.3"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01118321e0c8a5f3ece57d0d377bfc92d83cd210"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf7e9040fc52c922db947f9c6c36f07377c52ea"}], "title": "f2fs: fix UAF issue in f2fs_merge_page_bio()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix UAF issue in f2fs_merge_page_bio()\n\nAs JY reported in bugzilla [1],\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000\npc : [0xffffffe51d249484] f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed+0x70/0x98\nlr : [0xffffffe51d24adbc] f2fs_merge_page_bio+0x520/0x6d4\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 6790 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainted: P B W OE 6.12.30-android16-5-maybe-dirty-4k #1 5f7701c9cbf727d1eebe77c89bbbeb3371e895e5\nTainted: [P]=PROPRIETARY_MODULE, [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\nWorkqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:49)\nCall trace:\n f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed+0x70/0x98\n f2fs_inplace_write_data+0x174/0x2f4\n f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x214/0x81c\n f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x28c/0x764\n f2fs_write_data_pages+0x78c/0xce4\n do_writepages+0xe8/0x2fc\n __writeback_single_inode+0x4c/0x4b4\n writeback_sb_inodes+0x314/0x540\n __writeback_inodes_wb+0xa4/0xf4\n wb_writeback+0x160/0x448\n wb_workfn+0x2f0/0x5dc\n process_scheduled_works+0x1c8/0x458\n worker_thread+0x334/0x3f0\n kthread+0x118/0x1ac\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220575\n\nThe panic was caused by UAF issue w/ below race condition:\n\nkworker\n- writepages\n - f2fs_write_cache_pages\n - f2fs_write_single_data_page\n - f2fs_do_write_data_page\n - f2fs_inplace_write_data\n - f2fs_merge_page_bio\n - add_inu_page\n : cache page #1 into bio & cache bio in\n io->bio_list\n - f2fs_write_single_data_page\n - f2fs_do_write_data_page\n - f2fs_inplace_write_data\n - f2fs_merge_page_bio\n - add_inu_page\n : cache page #2 into bio which is linked\n in io->bio_list\n\t\t\t\t\t\twrite\n\t\t\t\t\t\t- f2fs_write_begin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t: write page #1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - f2fs_folio_wait_writeback\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - f2fs_submit_merged_ipu_write\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - f2fs_submit_write_bio\n\t\t\t\t\t\t : submit bio which inclues page #1 and #2\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsoftware IRQ\n\t\t\t\t\t\t- f2fs_write_end_io\n\t\t\t\t\t\t - fscrypt_free_bounce_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t : freed bounced page which belongs to page #2\n - inc_page_count( , WB_DATA_TYPE(data_folio), false)\n : data_folio points to fio->encrypted_page\n the bounced page can be freed before\n accessing it in f2fs_is_cp_guarantee()\n\nIt can reproduce w/ below testcase:\nRun below script in shell #1:\nfor ((i=1;i>0;i++)) do xfs_io -f /mnt/f2fs/enc/file \\\n-c \"pwrite 0 32k\" -c \"fdatasync\"\n\nRun below script in shell #2:\nfor ((i=1;i>0;i++)) do xfs_io -f /mnt/f2fs/enc/file \\\n-c \"pwrite 0 32k\" -c \"fdatasync\"\n\nSo, in f2fs_merge_page_bio(), let's avoid using fio->encrypted_page after\ncommit page into internal ipu cache."}], "id": "CVE-2025-40054", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-10-28T12:15:39.640", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01118321e0c8a5f3ece57d0d377bfc92d83cd210"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf7e9040fc52c922db947f9c6c36f07377c52ea"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

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