{"id":"AZL-64574","summary":"CVE-2025-38163 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.96.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix to do sanity check on sbi-\u003etotal_valid_block_count\n\nsyzbot reported a f2fs bug as below:\n\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nkernel BUG at fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2521!\nRIP: 0010:dec_valid_block_count+0x3b2/0x3c0 fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2521\nCall Trace:\n f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range+0xc8c/0x11a0 fs/f2fs/file.c:695\n truncate_dnode+0x417/0x740 fs/f2fs/node.c:973\n truncate_nodes+0x3ec/0xf50 fs/f2fs/node.c:1014\n f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks+0x8e3/0x1370 fs/f2fs/node.c:1197\n f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x840/0x12b0 fs/f2fs/file.c:810\n f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x10d/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:838\n f2fs_truncate+0x417/0x720 fs/f2fs/file.c:888\n f2fs_setattr+0xc4f/0x12f0 fs/f2fs/file.c:1112\n notify_change+0xbca/0xe90 fs/attr.c:552\n do_truncate+0x222/0x310 fs/open.c:65\n handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3466 [inline]\n do_open fs/namei.c:3849 [inline]\n path_openat+0x2e4f/0x35d0 fs/namei.c:4004\n do_filp_open+0x284/0x4e0 fs/namei.c:4031\n do_sys_openat2+0x12b/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1429\n do_sys_open fs/open.c:1444 [inline]\n __do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1522 [inline]\n __se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1516 [inline]\n __x64_sys_creat+0x124/0x170 fs/open.c:1516\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n\nThe reason is: in fuzzed image, sbi-\u003etotal_valid_block_count is\ninconsistent w/ mapped blocks indexed by inode, so, we should\nnot trigger panic for such case, instead, let's print log and\nset fsck flag.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:20:21.361096Z","published":"2025-07-03T09:15:31Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-38163"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38163"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.96.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-64574.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}