Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/iov_iter: fix to...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lib/iov_iter: fix to increase non slab folio refcount
When testing EROFS file-backed mount over v9fs on qemu, I encountered a
folio UAF issue. The page sanity check reports the following call trace.
The root cause is that pages in bvec are coalesced across a folio bounary.
The refcount of all non-slab folios should be increased to ensure
p9_releas_pages can put them correctly.
BUG: Bad page state in process md5sum pfn:18300
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:00000000d5ad8e4e index:0x60 pfn:0x18300
head: order:0 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
aops:z_erofs_aops ino:30b0f dentry name(?):"GoogleExtServicesCn.apk"
flags: 0x100000000000041(locked|head|node=0|zone=1)
raw: 0100000000000041 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888014b13bd0
raw: 0000000000000060 0000000000000020 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000041 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888014b13bd0
head: 0000000000000060 0000000000000020 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000010 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
bad_page+0xd4/0x220
__free_pages_ok+0x76d/0xf30
__folio_put+0x230/0x320
p9_release_pages+0x179/0x1f0
p9_virtio_zc_request+0xa2a/0x1230
p9_client_zc_rpc.constprop.0+0x247/0x700
p9_client_read_once+0x34d/0x810
p9_client_read+0xf3/0x150
v9fs_issue_read+0x111/0x360
netfs_unbuffered_read_iter_locked+0x927/0x1390
netfs_unbuffered_read_iter+0xa2/0xe0
vfs_iocb_iter_read+0x2c7/0x460
erofs_fileio_rq_submit+0x46b/0x5b0
z_erofs_runqueue+0x1203/0x21e0
z_erofs_readahead+0x579/0x8b0
read_pages+0x19f/0xa70
page_cache_ra_order+0x4ad/0xb80
filemap_readahead.isra.0+0xe7/0x150
filemap_get_pages+0x7aa/0x1890
filemap_read+0x320/0xc80
vfs_read+0x6c6/0xa30
ksys_read+0xf9/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0x9e/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79
Impact
CVE-2025-37779 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-37779? CVE-2025-37779 is a medium-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
- How severe is CVE-2025-37779? CVE-2025-37779 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-37779? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2025-37779 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2025-37779 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-37779 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-37779 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.