{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-40119", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:20:57.168Z", "datePublished": "2025-11-12T10:23:18.449Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:43:01.083Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:43:01.083Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix potential null deref in ext4_mb_init()\n\nIn ext4_mb_init(), ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy() may be called\nwhen sbi->s_mb_avg_fragment_size remains uninitialized (e.g., if groupinfo\nslab cache allocation fails). Since ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy()\nlacks null pointer checking, this leads to a null pointer dereference.\n\n==================================================================\nEXT4-fs: no memory for groupinfo slab cache\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU:2 UID: 0 PID: 87 Comm:mount Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2 #1134 PREEMPT(none)\nRIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1b/0x40\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n xa_destroy+0x61/0x130\n ext4_mb_init+0x483/0x540\n __ext4_fill_super+0x116d/0x17b0\n ext4_fill_super+0xd3/0x280\n get_tree_bdev_flags+0x132/0x1d0\n vfs_get_tree+0x29/0xd0\n do_new_mount+0x197/0x300\n __x64_sys_mount+0x116/0x150\n do_syscall_64+0x50/0x1c0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n==================================================================\n\nTherefore, add necessary null check to ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy()\nto prevent this issue. The same fix is also applied to\next4_mb_largest_free_orders_destroy()."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ext4/mballoc.c"], "versions": [{"version": "d99d714f714c9492dc64d8ab4329b083dbfa9cab", "lessThan": "08d9175578d6a8e9b81921898fbf01aa669cd2be", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f7eaacbb4e54f8a6c6674c16eff54f703ea63d5e", "lessThan": "00110f3cfc9b34b2dfee2a6c9e55a0ae6df125ae", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f7eaacbb4e54f8a6c6674c16eff54f703ea63d5e", "lessThan": "3c3fac6bc0a9c00dbe65d8dc0d3a282afe4d3188", "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/ext4/mballoc.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.17", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.17", "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": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.3"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08d9175578d6a8e9b81921898fbf01aa669cd2be"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00110f3cfc9b34b2dfee2a6c9e55a0ae6df125ae"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3fac6bc0a9c00dbe65d8dc0d3a282afe4d3188"}], "title": "ext4: fix potential null deref in ext4_mb_init()", "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\next4: fix potential null deref in ext4_mb_init()\n\nIn ext4_mb_init(), ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy() may be called\nwhen sbi->s_mb_avg_fragment_size remains uninitialized (e.g., if groupinfo\nslab cache allocation fails). Since ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy()\nlacks null pointer checking, this leads to a null pointer dereference.\n\n==================================================================\nEXT4-fs: no memory for groupinfo slab cache\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU:2 UID: 0 PID: 87 Comm:mount Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2 #1134 PREEMPT(none)\nRIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1b/0x40\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n xa_destroy+0x61/0x130\n ext4_mb_init+0x483/0x540\n __ext4_fill_super+0x116d/0x17b0\n ext4_fill_super+0xd3/0x280\n get_tree_bdev_flags+0x132/0x1d0\n vfs_get_tree+0x29/0xd0\n do_new_mount+0x197/0x300\n __x64_sys_mount+0x116/0x150\n do_syscall_64+0x50/0x1c0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n==================================================================\n\nTherefore, add necessary null check to ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy()\nto prevent this issue. The same fix is also applied to\next4_mb_largest_free_orders_destroy()."}], "id": "CVE-2025-40119", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-11-12T11:15:41.237", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00110f3cfc9b34b2dfee2a6c9e55a0ae6df125ae"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08d9175578d6a8e9b81921898fbf01aa669cd2be"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3fac6bc0a9c00dbe65d8dc0d3a282afe4d3188"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ext4: fix potential null deref in ext4_mb_init()", "id": "2414518", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414518"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.0", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\next4: fix potential null deref in ext4_mb_init()\nIn ext4_mb_init(), ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy() may be called\nwhen sbi->s_mb_avg_fragment_size remains uninitialized (e.g., if groupinfo\nslab cache allocation fails). Since ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy()\nlacks null pointer checking, this leads to a null pointer dereference.\n==================================================================\nEXT4-fs: no memory for groupinfo slab cache\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU:2 UID: 0 PID: 87 Comm:mount Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2 #1134 PREEMPT(none)\nRIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1b/0x40\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\nxa_destroy+0x61/0x130\next4_mb_init+0x483/0x540\n__ext4_fill_super+0x116d/0x17b0\next4_fill_super+0xd3/0x280\nget_tree_bdev_flags+0x132/0x1d0\nvfs_get_tree+0x29/0xd0\ndo_new_mount+0x197/0x300\n__x64_sys_mount+0x116/0x150\ndo_syscall_64+0x50/0x1c0\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n==================================================================\nTherefore, add necessary null check to ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy()\nto prevent this issue. The same fix is also applied to\next4_mb_largest_free_orders_destroy()."], "name": "CVE-2025-40119", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-11-12T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40119\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40119\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025111252-CVE-2025-40119-41e0@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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