{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-38172", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.991Z", "datePublished": "2025-07-03T08:36:10.334Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-07-03T08:36:10.334Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-07-03T08:36:10.334Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: avoid using multiple devices with different type\n\nFor multiple devices, both primary and extra devices should be the\nsame type. `erofs_init_device` has already guaranteed that if the\nprimary is a file-backed device, extra devices should also be\nregular files.\n\nHowever, if the primary is a block device while the extra device\nis a file-backed device, `erofs_init_device` will get an ENOTBLK,\nwhich is not treated as an error in `erofs_fc_get_tree`, and that\nleads to an UAF:\n\n erofs_fc_get_tree\n get_tree_bdev_flags(erofs_fc_fill_super)\n erofs_read_superblock\n erofs_init_device // sbi->dif0 is not inited yet,\n // return -ENOTBLK\n deactivate_locked_super\n free(sbi)\n if (err is -ENOTBLK)\n sbi->dif0.file = filp_open() // sbi UAF\n\nSo if -ENOTBLK is hitted in `erofs_init_device`, it means the\nprimary device must be a block device, and the extra device\nis not a block device. The error can be converted to -EINVAL."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/erofs/super.c"], "versions": [{"version": "fb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847", "lessThan": "65115472f741ca000d7ea4a5922214f93cd1516e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "fb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847", "lessThan": "cd04beb9ce2773a16057248bb4fa424068ae3807", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "fb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847", "lessThan": "9748f2f54f66743ac77275c34886a9f890e18409", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/erofs/super.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.34", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.15.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.16-rc1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.34"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.3"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.16-rc1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65115472f741ca000d7ea4a5922214f93cd1516e"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd04beb9ce2773a16057248bb4fa424068ae3807"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9748f2f54f66743ac77275c34886a9f890e18409"}], "title": "erofs: avoid using multiple devices with different type", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: avoid using multiple devices with different type\n\nFor multiple devices, both primary and extra devices should be the\nsame type. `erofs_init_device` has already guaranteed that if the\nprimary is a file-backed device, extra devices should also be\nregular files.\n\nHowever, if the primary is a block device while the extra device\nis a file-backed device, `erofs_init_device` will get an ENOTBLK,\nwhich is not treated as an error in `erofs_fc_get_tree`, and that\nleads to an UAF:\n\n erofs_fc_get_tree\n get_tree_bdev_flags(erofs_fc_fill_super)\n erofs_read_superblock\n erofs_init_device // sbi->dif0 is not inited yet,\n // return -ENOTBLK\n deactivate_locked_super\n free(sbi)\n if (err is -ENOTBLK)\n sbi->dif0.file = filp_open() // sbi UAF\n\nSo if -ENOTBLK is hitted in `erofs_init_device`, it means the\nprimary device must be a block device, and the extra device\nis not a block device. The error can be converted to -EINVAL."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: erofs: evitar el uso de m\u00faltiples dispositivos con diferentes tipos Para m\u00faltiples dispositivos, tanto los dispositivos principales como los adicionales deben ser del mismo tipo. `erofs_init_device` ya ha garantizado que si el principal es un dispositivo respaldado por archivos, los dispositivos adicionales tambi\u00e9n deben ser archivos normales. Sin embargo, si el dispositivo principal es un dispositivo de bloque mientras que el dispositivo adicional es un dispositivo respaldado por archivo, `erofs_init_device` obtendr\u00e1 un ENOTBLK, que no se trata como un error en `erofs_fc_get_tree`, y eso lleva a un UAF: erofs_fc_get_tree get_tree_bdev_flags(erofs_fc_fill_super) erofs_read_superblock erofs_init_device // sbi->dif0 a\u00fan no se ha inicializado, // return -ENOTBLK deactivate_locked_super free(sbi) if (err is -ENOTBLK) sbi->dif0.file = filp_open() // sbi UAF Entonces, si se alcanza -ENOTBLK en `erofs_init_device`, significa que el dispositivo principal debe ser un dispositivo de bloque y el dispositivo adicional no es un dispositivo de bloque. El error se puede convertir a -EINVAL."}], "id": "CVE-2025-38172", "lastModified": "2025-07-03T15:13:53.147", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-07-03T09:15:32.910", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65115472f741ca000d7ea4a5922214f93cd1516e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9748f2f54f66743ac77275c34886a9f890e18409"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd04beb9ce2773a16057248bb4fa424068ae3807"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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