CVE-2025-38710
gfs2: Validate i_depth for exhash directories
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Sep 4, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gfs2: Validate i_depth for exhash directories
A fuzzer test introduced corruption that ends up with a depth of 0 in dir_e_read(), causing an undefined shift by 32 at:
index = hash >> (32 - dip->i_depth);
As calculated in an open-coded way in dir_make_exhash(), the minimum depth for an exhash directory is ilog2(sdp->sd_hash_ptrs) and 0 is invalid as sdp->sd_hash_ptrs is fixed as sdp->bsize / 16 at mount time.
So we can avoid the undefined behaviour by checking for depth values lower than the minimum in gfs2_dinode_in(). Values greater than the maximum are already being checked for there.
Also switch the calculation in dir_make_exhash() to use ilog2() to clarify how the depth is calculated.
Tested with the syzkaller repro.c and xfstests '-g quick'.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/076e992752e4b24178918f748d75597c80a408d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/366183911b153e9b8cf758e1414e1154d7569337
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112bb60cd0e254a369e95aa9941a694ffeca089f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cddea0c721106ea480371412d8de21705eb27376
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53a0249d68a210c16e961b83adfa82f94ee0a53d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5f46951e62377b6e406fadc18bc3c5bdf1632a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9680c58675b82348ab84d387e4fa727f7587e1a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/557c024ca7250bb65ae60f16c02074106c2f197b
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