CVE-2025-38580 (GCVE-0-2025-38580)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-19 17:03 – Updated: 2025-09-29 05:54
VLAI?
Title
ext4: fix inode use after free in ext4_end_io_rsv_work()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix inode use after free in ext4_end_io_rsv_work()
In ext4_io_end_defer_completion(), check if io_end->list_vec is empty to
avoid adding an io_end that requires no conversion to the
i_rsv_conversion_list, which in turn prevents starting an unnecessary
worker. An ext4_emergency_state() check is also added to avoid attempting
to abort the journal in an emergency state.
Additionally, ext4_put_io_end_defer() is refactored to call
ext4_io_end_defer_completion() directly instead of being open-coded.
This also prevents starting an unnecessary worker when EXT4_IO_END_FAILED
is set but data_err=abort is not enabled.
This ensures that the check in ext4_put_io_end_defer() is consistent with
the check in ext4_end_bio(). Otherwise, we might add an io_end to the
i_rsv_conversion_list and then call ext4_finish_bio(), after which the
inode could be freed before ext4_end_io_rsv_work() is called, triggering
a use-after-free issue.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
ce51afb8cc5e1867ea0dfdf5e92ddbe31a1fad5d , < ac999862b98a0f49e858e509f776be51406f1e77
(git)
Affected: ce51afb8cc5e1867ea0dfdf5e92ddbe31a1fad5d , < 469c44e66e2110054949609dde095788320139d0 (git) Affected: ce51afb8cc5e1867ea0dfdf5e92ddbe31a1fad5d , < c678bdc998754589cea2e6afab9401d7d8312ac4 (git) |
||
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