CVE-2025-37739
7.1 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2025-37739 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 1, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-bounds access in f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks()
syzbot reports an UBSAN issue as below:
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UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/node.h:381:10
index 18446744073709550692 is out of range for type '__le32[5]' (aka 'unsigned int[5]')
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5318 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc3-syzkaller-00060-g6537cfb395f3 #0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:231 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x121/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:429
get_nid fs/f2fs/node.h:381 [inline]
f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks+0xa5e/0xf60 fs/f2fs/node.c:1181
f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x782/0x1030 fs/f2fs/file.c:808
f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x10d/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:836
f2fs_truncate+0x417/0x720 fs/f2fs/file.c:886
f2fs_file_write_iter+0x1bdb/0x2550 fs/f2fs/file.c:5093
aio_write+0x56b/0x7
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 3.8, < 5.10.237 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-37739?
CVE-2025-37739 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 1, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2025-37739?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-37739?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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