CVE-2025-38328
Linux Kernel JFFS2 Null Pointer Dereference
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: check jffs2_prealloc_raw_node_refs() result in few other places Fuzzing hit another invalid pointer dereference due to the lack of checking whether jffs2_prealloc_raw_node_refs() completed successfully. Subsequent logic implies that the node refs have been allocated. Handle that. The code is ready for propagating the error upwards. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 1 PID: 5835 Comm: syz-executor145 Not tainted 5.10.234-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:jffs2_link_node_ref+0xac/0x690 fs/jffs2/nodelist.c:600 Call Trace: jffs2_mark_erased_block fs/jffs2/erase.c:460 [inline] jffs2_erase_pending_blocks+0x688/0x1860 fs/jffs2/erase.c:118 jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x638/0x1a00 fs/jffs2/gc.c:253 jffs2_reserve_space+0x3f4/0xad0 fs/jffs2/nodemgmt.c:167 jffs2_write_inode_range+0x246/0xb50 fs/jffs2/write.c:362 jffs2_write_end+0x712/0x1110 fs/jffs2/file.c:302 generic_perform_write+0x2c2/0x500 mm/filemap.c:3347 __generic_file_write_iter+0x252/0x610 mm/filemap.c:3465 generic_file_write_iter+0xdb/0x230 mm/filemap.c:3497 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2039 [inline] do_iter_readv_writev+0x46d/0x750 fs/read_write.c:740 do_iter_write+0x18c/0x710 fs/read_write.c:866 vfs_writev+0x1db/0x6a0 fs/read_write.c:939 do_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1036 [inline] __do_sys_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1083 [inline] __se_sys_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1078 [inline] __x64_sys_pwritev+0x235/0x310 fs/read_write.c:1078 do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1 Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
INFO
Published Date :
July 10, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
July 10, 2025, 1:17 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jul. 10, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: check jffs2_prealloc_raw_node_refs() result in few other places Fuzzing hit another invalid pointer dereference due to the lack of checking whether jffs2_prealloc_raw_node_refs() completed successfully. Subsequent logic implies that the node refs have been allocated. Handle that. The code is ready for propagating the error upwards. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 1 PID: 5835 Comm: syz-executor145 Not tainted 5.10.234-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:jffs2_link_node_ref+0xac/0x690 fs/jffs2/nodelist.c:600 Call Trace: jffs2_mark_erased_block fs/jffs2/erase.c:460 [inline] jffs2_erase_pending_blocks+0x688/0x1860 fs/jffs2/erase.c:118 jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x638/0x1a00 fs/jffs2/gc.c:253 jffs2_reserve_space+0x3f4/0xad0 fs/jffs2/nodemgmt.c:167 jffs2_write_inode_range+0x246/0xb50 fs/jffs2/write.c:362 jffs2_write_end+0x712/0x1110 fs/jffs2/file.c:302 generic_perform_write+0x2c2/0x500 mm/filemap.c:3347 __generic_file_write_iter+0x252/0x610 mm/filemap.c:3465 generic_file_write_iter+0xdb/0x230 mm/filemap.c:3497 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2039 [inline] do_iter_readv_writev+0x46d/0x750 fs/read_write.c:740 do_iter_write+0x18c/0x710 fs/read_write.c:866 vfs_writev+0x1db/0x6a0 fs/read_write.c:939 do_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1036 [inline] __do_sys_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1083 [inline] __se_sys_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1078 [inline] __x64_sys_pwritev+0x235/0x310 fs/read_write.c:1078 do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1 Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/042fa922c84b5080401bcd8897d4ac4919d15075 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b6d96503255a3ed676cd70f8368870c6d6a25c6 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d767fb4a7766ec2058f97787e4c6e8d10343d6 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e860296d7808de1db175c1eda29f94a2955dcc4 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd42ddddd70abc7127c12b96c8c85dbd080ea56f Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b81776f337a9b997f797c70ac0a26d838a2168 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d96e6451a8d0fe62492d4cc942d695772293c05a Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41c625328777f9ad572901ba0b0065bb9c9c1da
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