CVE-2025-38579
HIGHLinux Kernel < 5.15.190 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix KMSAN uninit-value in extent_info usage KMSAN reported a use of uninitialized value in `__is_extent_mergeable()` and `__is_back_mergeable()` via the read extent tree path. The root cause is that `get_read_extent_info()` only initializes three fields (`fofs`, `blk`, `len`) of `struct extent_info`, leaving the remaining fields uninitialized. This leads to undefined behavior when those fields are accessed later, especially during extent merging. Fix it by zero-initializing the `extent_info` struct before population.
References (8)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
4.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (8)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
5.15.0 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.15.10linux
linux/Kernel
6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
linux/linux_kernel
5.15 - 5.15.190
Published
Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026