Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-23130
Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107739
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23130
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the MAIN_SECS(), spin_unlock(), __get_next_segno(), new_curseg() and f2fs_randomize_chunk() functions in fs/f2fs/segment.c, within the f2fs_expand_inode_data() function in fs/f2fs/file.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-23130
Install update from vendor's website.