CVE-2025-40295

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  • Published: 2025-12-08T01:16:01.557

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

fscrypt: fix left shift underflow when inode->i_blkbits > PAGE_SHIFT

When simulating an nvme device on qemu with both logical_block_size and
physical_block_size set to 8 KiB, an error trace appears during
partition table reading at boot time. The issue is caused by
inode->i_blkbits being larger than PAGE_SHIFT, which leads to a left
shift of -1 and triggering a UBSAN warning.

[ 2.697306] ————[ cut here ]————
[ 2.697309] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c:336:37
[ 2.697311] shift exponent -1 is negative
[ 2.697315] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 274 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.18.0-rc2+ #34 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 2.697317] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 2.697320] Call Trace:
[ 2.697324]
[ 2.697325] dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
[ 2.697340] dump_stack+0x10/0x20
[ 2.697342] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e3/0x390
[ 2.697351] bh_get_inode_and_lblk_num.cold+0x12/0x94
[ 2.697359] fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh+0x44/0x90
[ 2.697365] submit_bh_wbc+0xb6/0x190
[ 2.697370] block_read_full_folio+0x194/0x270
[ 2.697371] ? __pfx_blkdev_get_block+0x10/0x10
[ 2.697375] ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[ 2.697377] blkdev_read_folio+0x18/0x30
[ 2.697379] filemap_read_folio+0x40/0xe0
[ 2.697382] filemap_get_pages+0x5ef/0x7a0
[ 2.697385] ? mmap_region+0x63/0xd0
[ 2.697389] filemap_read+0x11d/0x520
[ 2.697392] blkdev_read_iter+0x7c/0x180
[ 2.697393] vfs_read+0x261/0x390
[ 2.697397] ksys_read+0x71/0xf0
[ 2.697398] __x64_sys_read+0x19/0x30
[ 2.697399] x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x26a0
[ 2.697405] do_syscall_64+0x80/0x670
[ 2.697410] ? __x64_sys_newfstat+0x15/0x20
[ 2.697414] ? x64_sys_call+0x204a/0x26a0
[ 2.697415] ? do_syscall_64+0xb8/0x670
[ 2.697417] ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x2e/0x2a0
[ 2.697420] ? irqentry_exit+0x43/0x50
[ 2.697421] ? exc_page_fault+0x90/0x1b0
[ 2.697422] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 2.697425] RIP: 0033:0x75054cba4a06
[ 2.697426] Code: 5d e8 41 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 75 19 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 11 e8 26 ff ff ff 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 45 10 0f 05 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 08
[ 2.697427] RSP: 002b:00007fff973723a0 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
[ 2.697430] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005ea9a2c02760 RCX: 000075054cba4a06
[ 2.697432] RDX: 0000000000002000 RSI: 000075054c190000 RDI: 000000000000001b
[ 2.697433] RBP: 00007fff973723c0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 2.697434] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 2.697434] R13: 00005ea9a2c027c0 R14: 00005ea9a2be5608 R15: 00005ea9a2be55f0
[ 2.697436]
[ 2.697436] —[ end trace ]—

This situation can happen for block devices because when
CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is enabled, the maximum logical_block_size
is 64 KiB. set_init_blocksize() then sets the block device
inode->i_blkbits to 13, which is within this limit.

File I/O does not trigger this problem because for filesystems that do
not support the FS_LBS feature, sb_set_blocksize() prevents
sb->s_blocksize_bits from being larger than PAGE_SHIFT. During inode
allocation, alloc_inode()->inode_init_always() assigns inode->i_blkbits
from sb->s_blocksize_bits. Currently, only xfs_fs_type has the FS_LBS
flag, and since xfs I/O paths do not reach submit_bh_wbc(), it does not
hit the left-shift underflow issue.

[EB: use folio_pos() and consolidate the two shifts by i_blkbits]

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How to fix CVE-2025-40295

CVE-2025-40295 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: fix left shift underflow when inode->i_blkbits > PAGE_SHIFT When simulating an nvme device on qemu with both logical_block_size and physical_block_size set to 8 KiB, an error trace appears during partition table reading at boot time. The issue is caused by inode->i_blkbits being larger than […]

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

Dec 08, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Dec 08, 2025
Imported to Database

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