CVE-2025-37950

MEDIUM EPSS 3.0%
Published May 20, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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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
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
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

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.14  –  <6.14.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d4cd4eb2f8d9b87ebfa6a5e443a59e3b3d7b8c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80d18f060d5bdf2c5eb3d1d00dcb744d6a879222
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d4cd4eb2f8d9b87ebfa6a5e443a59e3b3d7b8c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80d18f060d5bdf2c5eb3d1d00dcb744d6a879222
    Patch