Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/dax: Fix "don't skip...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/dax: Fix "don't skip locked entries when scanning entries"
Commit 6be3e21d25ca ("fs/dax: don't skip locked entries when scanning
entries") introduced a new function, wait_entry_unlocked_exclusive(),
which waits for the current entry to become unlocked without advancing
the XArray iterator state.
Waiting for the entry to become unlocked requires dropping the XArray
lock. This requires calling xas_pause() prior to dropping the lock
which leaves the xas in a suitable state for the next iteration. However
this has the side-effect of advancing the xas state to the next index.
Normally this isn't an issue because xas_for_each() contains code to
detect this state and thus avoid advancing the index a second time on
the next loop iteration.
However both callers of and wait_entry_unlocked_exclusive() itself
subsequently use the xas state to reload the entry. As xas_pause()
updated the state to the next index this will cause the current entry
which is being waited on to be skipped. This caused the following
warning to fire intermittently when running xftest generic/068 on an XFS
filesystem with FS DAX enabled:
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[ 35.068229] WARNING: CPU: 21 PID: 1640 at mm/truncate.c:89 truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals+0xd8/0x1e0
[ 35.069717] Modules linked in: nd_pmem dax_pmem nd_btt nd_e820 libnvdimm
[ 35.071006] CPU: 21 UID: 0 PID: 1640 Comm: fstest Not tainted 6.15.0-rc7+ #77 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 35.072613] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/204
[ 35.074845] RIP: 0010:truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals+0xd8/0x1e0
[ 35.075962] Code: a1 00 00 00 f6 47 0d 20 0f 84 97 00 00 00 4c 63 e8 41 39 c4 7f 0b eb 61 49 83 c5 01 45 39 ec 7e 58 42 f68
[ 35.079522] RSP: 0018:ffffb04e426c7850 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 35.080359] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9d21e3481908 RCX: ffffb04e426c77f4
[ 35.081477] RDX: ffffb04e426c79e8 RSI: ffffb04e426c79e0 RDI: ffff9d21e34816e8
[ 35.082590] RBP: ffffb04e426c79e0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000003
[ 35.083733] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 822b53c0f7a49868 R12: 000000000000001f
[ 35.084850] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffb04e426c78e8 R15: fffffffffffffffe
[ 35.085953] FS: 00007f9134c87740(0000) GS:ffff9d22abba0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 35.087346] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 35.088244] CR2: 00007f9134c86000 CR3: 000000040afff000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 35.089354] Call Trace:
[ 35.089749]
[ 35.090168] truncate_inode_pages_range+0xfc/0x4d0
[ 35.091078] truncate_pagecache+0x47/0x60
[ 35.091735] xfs_setattr_size+0xc7/0x3e0
[ 35.092648] xfs_vn_setattr+0x1ea/0x270
[ 35.093437] notify_change+0x1f4/0x510
[ 35.094219] ? do_truncate+0x97/0xe0
[ 35.094879] do_truncate+0x97/0xe0
[ 35.095640] path_openat+0xabd/0xca0
[ 35.096278] do_filp_open+0xd7/0x190
[ 35.096860] do_sys_openat2+0x8a/0xe0
[ 35.097459] __x64_sys_openat+0x6d/0xa0
[ 35.098076] do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1d0
[ 35.098647] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 35.099444] RIP: 0033:0x7f9134d81fc1
[ 35.100033] Code: 75 57 89 f0 25 00 00 41 00 3d 00 00 41 00 74 49 80 3d 2a 26 0e 00 00 74 6d 89 da 48 89 ee bf 9c ff ff ff5
[ 35.102993] RSP: 002b:00007ffcd41e0d10 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
[ 35.104263] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000242 RCX: 00007f9134d81fc1
[ 35.105452] RDX: 0000000000000242 RSI: 00007ffcd41e1200 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
[ 35.106663] RBP: 00007ffcd41e1200 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000064
[ 35.107923] R10: 00000000000001a4 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000066
[ 35.109112] R13: 0000000000100000 R14: 0000000000100000 R15: 0000000000000400
[ 35.110357]
[ 35.110769] irq event stamp: 8415587
[ 35.111486] hardirqs last enabled at (8415599): [] __up_console_se
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Impact
CVE-2025-38276 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-2025-38276? CVE-2025-38276 is a medium-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
- How severe is CVE-2025-38276? CVE-2025-38276 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-2025-38276? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2025-38276 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2025-38276 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-38276 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-2025-38276 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.