CVE-2025-38347
5.5 · MEDIUMOverview
CVE-2025-38347 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. 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 do sanity check on ino and xnid
syzbot reported a f2fs bug as below:
INFO: task syz-executor140:5308 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted 6.14.0-rc7-syzkaller-00069-g81e4f8d68c66 #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor140 state:D stack:24016 pid:5308 tgid:5308 ppid:5306 task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00000006
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5378 [inline]
__schedule+0x190e/0x4c90 kernel/sched/core.c:6765
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6842 [inline]
schedule+0x14b/0x320 kernel/sched/core.c:6857
io_schedule+0x8d/0x110 kernel/sched/core.c:7690
folio_wait_bit_common+0x839/0xee0 mm/filemap.c:1317
__folio_lock mm/filemap.c:1664 [inline]
folio_lock include/linux/pagemap.h:1163 [inline]
__filemap_get_folio+0x147/0xb40 mm/filemap.c:1917
pagecache_get_page+0x2c/0x130 mm/folio-compat.c:87
find_get_page_fla
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, < 5.4.297 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-38347?
CVE-2025-38347 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2025-38347?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-38347?
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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