#VU112329 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38219
Published: July 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112329
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-2025-38219
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 resource management error within the f2fs_unlink() function in fs/f2fs/namei.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6332872374b7f482fc4ad865f9422fedb587fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42cb74a92adaf88061039601ddf7c874f58b554e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5018d035530b6fbfad33eeb1dd1bc87da419a276
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a87cbcc909ccfd394d4936a94663f586453d0961
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa644e7ffff02e12c89cbce4753bc0b6f23ff87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14cbed4baccd712447fb3f9c011f008b56b2097
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a55869d8237e677ddaa18b0f58586364cfbc1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfe8446cd3274b9e367f5708d94574230a44409