#VU108257 Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37739
Published: May 2, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108257
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-37739
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks() function in fs/f2fs/node.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67e16ccba74dd8de0a7b10062f1e02d77432f573
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ba8b41d0aa4b82f90f0c416cb53fcef9696525d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b5e5aac44fee122947a269f9034c048e4c295de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98dbf2af63de0b551082c9bc48333910e009b09f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a67e1bf03c609a751d1740a1789af25e599966fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7242fd7946d4cba0411effb6b5048ca55125747
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6494977bd4a83862118a05f57a8df40256951c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc461331604b07cdbdb7360dbdf78471653264c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.24