Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: prevent kernel warning...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: prevent kernel warning due to negative i_nlink from corrupted image
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9426 at fs/inode.c:417 drop_nlink+0xac/0xd0
home/cc/linux/fs/inode.c:417
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9426 Comm: syz-executor568 Not tainted
6.14.0-12627-g94d471a4f428 #2 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:drop_nlink+0xac/0xd0 home/cc/linux/fs/inode.c:417
Code: 48 8b 5d 28 be 08 00 00 00 48 8d bb 70 07 00 00 e8 f9 67 e6 ff
f0 48 ff 83 70 07 00 00 5b 5d e9 9a 12 82 ff e8 95 12 82 ff 90
<0f> 0b 90 c7 45 48 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d e9 83 12 82 ff e8 fe 5f e6
ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc900026b7c28 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8239710f
RDX: ffff888041345a00 RSI: ffffffff8239717b RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffff888054509ad0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff9ab36f08 R12: ffff88804bb40000
R13: ffff8880545091e0 R14: 0000000000008000 R15: ffff8880545091e0
FS: 000055555d0c5880(0000) GS:ffff8880eb3e3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f915c55b178 CR3: 0000000050d20000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
f2fs_i_links_write home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3194 [inline]
f2fs_drop_nlink+0xd1/0x3c0 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/dir.c:845
f2fs_delete_entry+0x542/0x1450 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/dir.c:909
f2fs_unlink+0x45c/0x890 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/namei.c:581
vfs_unlink+0x2fb/0x9b0 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4544
do_unlinkat+0x4c5/0x6a0 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4608
__do_sys_unlink home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4654 [inline]
__se_sys_unlink home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4652 [inline]
__x64_sys_unlink+0xc5/0x110 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4652
do_syscall_x64 home/cc/linux/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xc7/0x250 home/cc/linux/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb3d092324b
Code: 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66
2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 57 00 00 00 0f 05
<48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01
48
RSP: 002b:00007ffdc232d938 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fb3d092324b
RDX: 00007ffdc232d960 RSI: 00007ffdc232d960 RDI: 00007ffdc232d9f0
RBP: 00007ffdc232d9f0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007ffdc232d7c0
R10: 00000000fffffffd R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffdc232eaf0
R13: 000055555d0cebb0 R14: 00007ffdc232d958 R15: 0000000000000001
Impact
CVE-2025-38219 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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Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-38219? CVE-2025-38219 is a medium-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
- How severe is CVE-2025-38219? CVE-2025-38219 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-2025-38219? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2025-38219 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2025-38219 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-38219 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-2025-38219 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.