CVE-2025-38220

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The\npartial block zeroing code in the truncate path calls\next4_dirty_journalled_data() -> folio_mark_dirty(). The latter calls\nmapping->a_ops->dirty_folio(), but symlink inodes are not assigned an\na_ops vector in ext4, hence the crash.\n\nTo avoid this problem, update the ext4_dirty_journalled_data() helper to\nonly mark the folio dirty on regular files (for which a_ops is\nassigned). This also matches the journaling logic in the ext4_symlink()\ncreation path, where ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() is called directly."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ext4: solo folios sucios cuando se registran datos de archivos normales fstest generic/388 ocasionalmente reproduce un fallo que se parece a lo siguiente: ERROR: desreferencia de puntero NULL del kernel, direcci\u00f3n: 0000000000000000 ... Seguimiento de llamadas: ext4_block_zero_page_range+0x30c/0x380 [ext4] ext4_truncate+0x436/0x440 [ext4] ext4_process_orphan+0x5d/0x110 [ext4] ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x124/0x4f0 [ext4] ext4_fill_super+0x262d/0x3110 [ext4] get_tree_bdev_flags+0x132/0x1d0 vfs_get_tree+0x26/0xd0 vfs_cmd_create+0x59/0xe0 __do_sys_fsconfig+0x4ed/0x6b0 do_syscall_64+0x82/0x170 ... Esto ocurre al procesar un inodo de enlace simb\u00f3lico de la lista de hu\u00e9rfanos. El c\u00f3digo de puesta a cero parcial de bloques en la ruta de truncamiento llama a ext4_dirty_journalled_data() -&gt; folio_mark_dirty(). Este \u00faltimo llama a mapping-&gt;a_ops-&gt;dirty_folio(), pero los inodos de enlace simb\u00f3lico no tienen asignado un vector a_ops en ext4, lo que explica el fallo. Para evitar este problema, actualice el asistente ext4_dirty_journalled_data() para que solo marque el folio como sucio en archivos normales (para los que se asigna a_ops). Esto tambi\u00e9n coincide con la l\u00f3gica de registro en la ruta de creaci\u00f3n de ext4_symlink(), donde se llama directamente a ext4_handle_dirty_metadata()."}], "id": "CVE-2025-38220", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:16:24.937", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-07-04T14:15:30.597", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be5f3061a6f904e3674257879e71881ceee5b673"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf6a4c4ac7b6e3214f25df594c9689a62f1bb456"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7af6eee8cd60f55aa8c5fe2b91f11ec0c9a0f27"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26268ff1dcae5662c1b96c35f18cfa6ab73d9de"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-476"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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