CVE-2025-40137

  • Published: 2025-11-12T11:15:43.440

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix to truncate first page in error path of f2fs_truncate()

syzbot reports a bug as below:

loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 40427
F2FS-fs (loop0): Wrong SSA boundary, start(3584) end(4096) blocks(3072)
F2FS-fs (loop0): Can’t find valid F2FS filesystem in 1th superblock
F2FS-fs (loop0): invalid crc value
F2FS-fs (loop0): f2fs_convert_inline_folio: corrupted inline inode ino=3, i_addr[0]:0x1601, run fsck to fix.
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kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:753!
RIP: 0010:clear_inode+0x169/0x190 fs/inode.c:753
Call Trace:

evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
f2fs_fill_super+0x5612/0x6fa0 fs/f2fs/super.c:5047
get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1692
vfs_get_tree+0x8f/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1815
do_new_mount+0x2a2/0x9e0 fs/namespace.c:3808
do_mount fs/namespace.c:4136 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4347 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x317/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4324
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

During f2fs_evict_inode(), clear_inode() detects that we missed to truncate
all page cache before destorying inode, that is because in below path, we
will create page #0 in cache, but missed to drop it in error path, let’s fix
it.

– evict
– f2fs_evict_inode
– f2fs_truncate
– f2fs_convert_inline_inode
– f2fs_grab_cache_folio
: create page #0 in cache
– f2fs_convert_inline_folio
: sanity check failed, return -EFSCORRUPTED
– clear_inode detects that inode->i_data.nrpages is not zero

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How to fix CVE-2025-40137

CVE-2025-40137 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to truncate first page in error path of f2fs_truncate() syzbot reports a bug as below: loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 40427 F2FS-fs (loop0): Wrong SSA boundary, start(3584) end(4096) blocks(3072) F2FS-fs (loop0): Can’t find valid F2FS filesystem in 1th superblock F2FS-fs (loop0): […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Nov 12, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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