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

fscrypt: fix left shift underflow when inode->i_blkbits > PAGE_SHIFT

When simulating an nvme device on qemu with both logical_block_size and
physical_block_size set to 8 KiB, an error trace appears during
partition table reading at boot time. The issue is caused by
inode->i_blkbits being larger than PAGE_SHIFT, which leads to a left
shift of -1 and triggering a UBSAN warning.

[ 2.697306] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 2.697309] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c:336:37
[ 2.697311] shift exponent -1 is negative
[ 2.697315] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 274 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.18.0-rc2+ #34 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 2.697317] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 2.697320] Call Trace:
[ 2.697324] <TASK>
[ 2.697325] dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
[ 2.697340] dump_stack+0x10/0x20
[ 2.697342] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e3/0x390
[ 2.697351] bh_get_inode_and_lblk_num.cold+0x12/0x94
[ 2.697359] fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh+0x44/0x90
[ 2.697365] submit_bh_wbc+0xb6/0x190
[ 2.697370] block_read_full_folio+0x194/0x270
[ 2.697371] ? __pfx_blkdev_get_block+0x10/0x10
[ 2.697375] ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[ 2.697377] blkdev_read_folio+0x18/0x30
[ 2.697379] filemap_read_folio+0x40/0xe0
[ 2.697382] filemap_get_pages+0x5ef/0x7a0
[ 2.697385] ? mmap_region+0x63/0xd0
[ 2.697389] filemap_read+0x11d/0x520
[ 2.697392] blkdev_read_iter+0x7c/0x180
[ 2.697393] vfs_read+0x261/0x390
[ 2.697397] ksys_read+0x71/0xf0
[ 2.697398] __x64_sys_read+0x19/0x30
[ 2.697399] x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x26a0
[ 2.697405] do_syscall_64+0x80/0x670
[ 2.697410] ? __x64_sys_newfstat+0x15/0x20
[ 2.697414] ? x64_sys_call+0x204a/0x26a0
[ 2.697415] ? do_syscall_64+0xb8/0x670
[ 2.697417] ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x2e/0x2a0
[ 2.697420] ? irqentry_exit+0x43/0x50
[ 2.697421] ? exc_page_fault+0x90/0x1b0
[ 2.697422] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 2.697425] RIP: 0033:0x75054cba4a06
[ 2.697426] Code: 5d e8 41 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 75 19 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 11 e8 26 ff ff ff 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 45 10 0f 05 <48> 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 08
[ 2.697427] RSP: 002b:00007fff973723a0 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
[ 2.697430] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005ea9a2c02760 RCX: 000075054cba4a06
[ 2.697432] RDX: 0000000000002000 RSI: 000075054c190000 RDI: 000000000000001b
[ 2.697433] RBP: 00007fff973723c0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 2.697434] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 2.697434] R13: 00005ea9a2c027c0 R14: 00005ea9a2be5608 R15: 00005ea9a2be55f0
[ 2.697436] </TASK>
[ 2.697436] ---[ end trace ]---

This situation can happen for block devices because when
CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is enabled, the maximum logical_block_size
is 64 KiB. set_init_blocksize() then sets the block device
inode->i_blkbits to 13, which is within this limit.

File I/O does not trigger this problem because for filesystems that do
not support the FS_LBS feature, sb_set_blocksize() prevents
sb->s_blocksize_bits from being larger than PAGE_SHIFT. During inode
allocation, alloc_inode()->inode_init_always() assigns inode->i_blkbits
from sb->s_blocksize_bits. Currently, only xfs_fs_type has the FS_LBS
flag, and since xfs I/O paths do not reach submit_bh_wbc(), it does not
hit the left-shift underflow issue.

[EB: use folio_pos() and consolidate the two shifts by i_blkbits]
Published: 2025-12-08
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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{'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

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Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: fix left shift underflow when inode->i_blkbits > PAGE_SHIFT When simulating an nvme device on qemu with both logical_block_size and physical_block_size set to 8 KiB, an error trace appears during partition table reading at boot time. The issue is caused by inode->i_blkbits being larger than PAGE_SHIFT, which leads to a left shift of -1 and triggering a UBSAN warning. [ 2.697306] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2.697309] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c:336:37 [ 2.697311] shift exponent -1 is negative [ 2.697315] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 274 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.18.0-rc2+ #34 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 2.697317] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2.697320] Call Trace: [ 2.697324] <TASK> [ 2.697325] dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0 [ 2.697340] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 2.697342] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e3/0x390 [ 2.697351] bh_get_inode_and_lblk_num.cold+0x12/0x94 [ 2.697359] fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh+0x44/0x90 [ 2.697365] submit_bh_wbc+0xb6/0x190 [ 2.697370] block_read_full_folio+0x194/0x270 [ 2.697371] ? __pfx_blkdev_get_block+0x10/0x10 [ 2.697375] ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10 [ 2.697377] blkdev_read_folio+0x18/0x30 [ 2.697379] filemap_read_folio+0x40/0xe0 [ 2.697382] filemap_get_pages+0x5ef/0x7a0 [ 2.697385] ? mmap_region+0x63/0xd0 [ 2.697389] filemap_read+0x11d/0x520 [ 2.697392] blkdev_read_iter+0x7c/0x180 [ 2.697393] vfs_read+0x261/0x390 [ 2.697397] ksys_read+0x71/0xf0 [ 2.697398] __x64_sys_read+0x19/0x30 [ 2.697399] x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x26a0 [ 2.697405] do_syscall_64+0x80/0x670 [ 2.697410] ? __x64_sys_newfstat+0x15/0x20 [ 2.697414] ? x64_sys_call+0x204a/0x26a0 [ 2.697415] ? do_syscall_64+0xb8/0x670 [ 2.697417] ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x2e/0x2a0 [ 2.697420] ? irqentry_exit+0x43/0x50 [ 2.697421] ? exc_page_fault+0x90/0x1b0 [ 2.697422] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 2.697425] RIP: 0033:0x75054cba4a06 [ 2.697426] Code: 5d e8 41 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 75 19 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 11 e8 26 ff ff ff 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 45 10 0f 05 <48> 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 08 [ 2.697427] RSP: 002b:00007fff973723a0 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [ 2.697430] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005ea9a2c02760 RCX: 000075054cba4a06 [ 2.697432] RDX: 0000000000002000 RSI: 000075054c190000 RDI: 000000000000001b [ 2.697433] RBP: 00007fff973723c0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 2.697434] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 2.697434] R13: 00005ea9a2c027c0 R14: 00005ea9a2be5608 R15: 00005ea9a2be55f0 [ 2.697436] </TASK> [ 2.697436] ---[ end trace ]--- This situation can happen for block devices because when CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is enabled, the maximum logical_block_size is 64 KiB. set_init_blocksize() then sets the block device inode->i_blkbits to 13, which is within this limit. File I/O does not trigger this problem because for filesystems that do not support the FS_LBS feature, sb_set_blocksize() prevents sb->s_blocksize_bits from being larger than PAGE_SHIFT. During inode allocation, alloc_inode()->inode_init_always() assigns inode->i_blkbits from sb->s_blocksize_bits. Currently, only xfs_fs_type has the FS_LBS flag, and since xfs I/O paths do not reach submit_bh_wbc(), it does not hit the left-shift underflow issue. [EB: use folio_pos() and consolidate the two shifts by i_blkbits]
Title fscrypt: fix left shift underflow when inode->i_blkbits > PAGE_SHIFT
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T21:46:35.245Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.185Z

Link: CVE-2025-40295

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-12-08T01:16:01.557

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

Link: CVE-2025-40295

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40295 - Bugzilla

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