CVE-2025-68315
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Publication date: 2025-12-16
Last updated on: 2025-12-18
Assigner: kernel.org
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| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
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| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's f2fs filesystem involves a potential corruption issue in the free_nid_list. Specifically, the on-disk footer.ino and footer.nid values are the same and out-of-range, which can lead to corrupted node IDs (nid). A fix was implemented by adding a sanity check in the f2fs_alloc_nid() function to detect such potential corruption.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability could lead to filesystem corruption due to corrupted node IDs in the free_nid_list, which may affect data integrity and stability of the filesystem using f2fs on Linux. This could result in data loss or system crashes if exploited or triggered.