CVE-2025-37950
MEDIUM EPSS 3.0%
Published May 20, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Published May 20, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix panic in failed foilio allocation commit 7e119cff9d0a ("ocfs2: convert w_pages to w_folios") and commit 9a5e08652dc4b ("ocfs2: use an array of folios instead of an array of pages") save -ENOMEM in the folio array upon allocation failure and call the folio array free code. The folio array free code expects either valid folio pointers or NULL. Finding the -ENOMEM will result in a panic. Fix by NULLing the error folio entry.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
3.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety
Affected Products 6
References 2
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d4cd4eb2f8d9b87ebfa6a5e443a59e3b3d7b8c
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80d18f060d5bdf2c5eb3d1d00dcb744d6a879222
Remediation
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d4cd4eb2f8d9b87ebfa6a5e443a59e3b3d7b8c
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80d18f060d5bdf2c5eb3d1d00dcb744d6a879222