CVE-2025-38338

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/nfs/read: fix double-unlock bug in nfs_return_empty_folio() Sometimes, when a file was read while it was being truncated by another NFS client, the kernel could deadlock because folio_unlock() was called twice, and the second call would XOR back the `PG_locked` flag. Most of the time (depending on the timing of the truncation), nobody notices the problem because folio_unlock() gets called three times, which flips `PG_locked` back off: 1. vfs_read, nfs_read_folio, ... nfs_read_add_folio, nfs_return_empty_folio 2. vfs_read, nfs_read_folio, ... netfs_read_collection, netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages 3. vfs_read, ... nfs_do_read_folio, nfs_read_add_folio, nfs_return_empty_folio The problem is that nfs_read_add_folio() is not supposed to unlock the folio if fscache is enabled, and a nfs_netfs_folio_unlock() check is missing in nfs_return_empty_folio(). Rarely this leads to a warning in netfs_read_collection(): ------------[ cut here ]------------ R=0000031c: folio 10 is not locked WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 29 at fs/netfs/read_collect.c:133 netfs_read_collection+0x7c0/0xf00 [...] Workqueue: events_unbound netfs_read_collection_worker RIP: 0010:netfs_read_collection+0x7c0/0xf00 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> netfs_read_collection_worker+0x67/0x80 process_one_work+0x12e/0x2c0 worker_thread+0x295/0x3a0 Most of the time, however, processes just get stuck forever in folio_wait_bit_common(), waiting for `PG_locked` to disappear, which never happens because nobody is really holding the folio lock.
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History

18 Nov 2025, 12:52

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References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14f5549ad163be2c018abc1bb38370fff617a243 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14f5549ad163be2c018abc1bb38370fff617a243 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e93b61d3eaa14bfebcc2716ac09d43f3845d420 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e93b61d3eaa14bfebcc2716ac09d43f3845d420 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c10fa44bc5f700e2ea21de2fbae520ba21f19d9 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c10fa44bc5f700e2ea21de2fbae520ba21f19d9 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf0b9eeb0174686f22c2e5b8fb9f47ad25da6f5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf0b9eeb0174686f22c2e5b8fb9f47ad25da6f5 - Patch
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CWE CWE-415
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
Summary
  • (es) En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: fs/nfs/read: corrige error de doble desbloqueo en nfs_return_empty_folio() En ocasiones, cuando se leía un archivo mientras otro cliente NFS lo estaba truncando, el kernel podía bloquearse porque se llamaba a folio_unlock() dos veces y la segunda llamada XOR devolvería el indicador `PG_locked`. La mayoría de las veces (dependiendo del momento del truncamiento), nadie nota el problema porque folio_unlock() se llama tres veces, lo que desactiva `PG_locked`: 1. vfs_read, nfs_read_folio, ... nfs_read_add_folio, nfs_return_empty_folio 2. vfs_read, nfs_read_folio, ... netfs_read_collection, netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages 3. vfs_read, ... nfs_do_read_folio, nfs_read_add_folio, nfs_return_empty_folio El problema es que nfs_read_add_folio() no debe desbloquear el folio si fscache está habilitado, y falta una comprobación nfs_netfs_folio_unlock() en nfs_return_empty_folio(). En raras ocasiones, esto genera una advertencia en netfs_read_collection(): ------------[ cortar aquí ]------------ R=0000031c: el folio 10 no está bloqueado ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 0 PID: 29 en fs/netfs/read_collect.c:133 netfs_read_collection+0x7c0/0xf00 [...] Cola de trabajo: events_unbound netfs_read_collection_worker RIP: 0010:netfs_read_collection+0x7c0/0xf00 [...] Rastreo de llamadas: netfs_read_collection_worker+0x67/0x80 process_one_work+0x12e/0x2c0worker_thread+0x295/0x3a0 Sin embargo, la mayoría de las veces, los procesos simplemente se quedan atascados para siempre en folio_wait_bit_common(), esperando que `PG_locked` desaparezca, lo que nunca sucede porque nadie está realmente reteniendo el cerradura de folio.

10 Jul 2025, 09:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-10 09:15

Updated : 2025-11-18 12:52


NVD link : CVE-2025-38338

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38338

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38338


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-415

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