nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang When a user executes the FITRIM command, an underflow can occur when calculating nblocks if end_block is too small. Since nblocks is of type sector_t, which is u64, a negative nblocks value will become a very large positive integer. This ultimately leads to the block layer function __blkdev_issue_discard() taking an excessively long time to process the bio chain, and the ns_segctor_sem lock remains held for a long period. This prevents other tasks from acquiring the ns_segctor_sem lock, resulting in the hang reported by syzbot in [1]. If the ending block is too small, typically if it is smaller than 4KiB range, depending on the usage of the segment 0, it may be possible to attempt a discard request beyond the device size causing the hang. Exiting successfully and assign the discarded size (0 in this case) to range->len. Although the start and len values in the user input range are too small, a conservative strategy is adopted here to safely ignore them, which is equivalent to a no-op; it will not perform any trimming and will not throw an error. [1] task:segctord state:D stack:28968 pid:6093 tgid:6093 ppid:2 task_flags:0x200040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: rwbase_write_lock+0x3dd/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:272 nilfs_transaction_lock+0x253/0x4c0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:357 nilfs_segctor_thread_construct fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2569 [inline] nilfs_segctor_thread+0x6ec/0xe00 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2684 [ryusuke: corrected part of the commit message about the consequences]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3.15 and later | 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.125, 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1, 7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.15 and later Fixed in 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.125, 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1, 7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.15 to before 5.10.251; 5.11 to before 5.15.201; 5.16 to before 6.1.164; 6.2 to before 6.6.125; 6.7 to before 6.12.72; 6.13 to before 6.18.11; 6.19 to before 6.19.1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.15 to before 5.10.251; 5.11 to before 5.15.201; 5.16 to before 6.1.164; 6.2 to before 6.6.125; 6.7 to before 6.12.72; 6.13 to before 6.18.11; 6.19 to before 6.19.1 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.125, 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-71237
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m34c-wrf8-mw69
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6457d3ee41a4c15082ac49c5aa7fb933b4a043f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba18e5f22f26aa4ef78bc3e81f639d1d4f3845e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2438982f635e6cc2009be68ba2efb2998727d8d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df1e20796c9f3d541cca47fb72e4369ea135642d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2278657ad0d62596589fbe2caf995e189e65e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa45f841413cca81882602b4042c53502f34cad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c5ee234bd54f1447c846101fdaef2cf70c2149
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed527ef0c264e4bed6c7b2a158ddf516b17f5f66
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Sources
- CVE-2025-71237 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-71237 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m34c-wrf8-mw69 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-71237 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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