{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38164","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:23.991Z","datePublished":"2025-07-03T08:36:05.017Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:22:30.011Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:22:30.011Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: zone: fix to avoid inconsistence in between SIT and SSA\n\nw/ below testcase, it will cause inconsistence in between SIT and SSA.\n\ncreate_null_blk 512 2 1024 1024\nmkfs.f2fs -m /dev/nullb0\nmount /dev/nullb0 /mnt/f2fs/\ntouch /mnt/f2fs/file\nf2fs_io pinfile set /mnt/f2fs/file\nfallocate -l 4GiB /mnt/f2fs/file\n\nF2FS-fs (nullb0): Inconsistent segment (0) type [1, 0] in SSA and SIT\nCPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 2398 Comm: fallocate Tainted: G           O       6.13.0-rc1 #84\nTainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE\nHardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0xb3/0xd0\n dump_stack+0x14/0x20\n f2fs_handle_critical_error+0x18c/0x220 [f2fs]\n f2fs_stop_checkpoint+0x38/0x50 [f2fs]\n do_garbage_collect+0x674/0x6e0 [f2fs]\n f2fs_gc_range+0x12b/0x230 [f2fs]\n f2fs_allocate_pinning_section+0x5c/0x150 [f2fs]\n f2fs_expand_inode_data+0x1cc/0x3c0 [f2fs]\n f2fs_fallocate+0x3c3/0x410 [f2fs]\n vfs_fallocate+0x15f/0x4b0\n __x64_sys_fallocate+0x4a/0x80\n x64_sys_call+0x15e8/0x1b80\n do_syscall_64+0x68/0x130\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0x6f\nRIP: 0033:0x7f9dba5197ca\nF2FS-fs (nullb0): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 4\n\nThe reason is f2fs_gc_range() may try to migrate block in curseg, however,\nits SSA block is not uptodate due to the last summary block data is still\nin cache of curseg.\n\nIn this patch, we add a condition in f2fs_gc_range() to check whether\nsection is opened or not, and skip block migration for opened section."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/f2fs/gc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"40d76c393cca83938b11eb7ca8983aa3cd0ed69b","lessThan":"d1365d2abfaf2d85ee51a005da3ca373aea97f6a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9703d69d9d153bb230711d0d577454552aeb13d4","lessThan":"44a51592ac657d8e422585414d7ec17a5b50fb0e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9703d69d9d153bb230711d0d577454552aeb13d4","lessThan":"8d9431b0d11a5030aa1ce477defee455b3821701","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9703d69d9d153bb230711d0d577454552aeb13d4","lessThan":"773704c1ef96a8b70d0d186ab725f50548de82c4","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/f2fs/gc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.130","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.34","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.3","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","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":"6.6.33","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.130"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.34"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1365d2abfaf2d85ee51a005da3ca373aea97f6a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a51592ac657d8e422585414d7ec17a5b50fb0e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d9431b0d11a5030aa1ce477defee455b3821701"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/773704c1ef96a8b70d0d186ab725f50548de82c4"}],"title":"f2fs: zone: fix to avoid inconsistence in between SIT and SSA","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}