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CVE-2025-40054: Linux kernel F2FS file system may cause system crash

CVE-2025-40054 · published 1 year ago
Summary

The F2FS storage driver in the Linux kernel (used in Debian and Canonical Linux builds) has a bug that can accidentally free memory still in use, leading to a kernel panic and system crash. This can happen during normal write‑back operations on the file system. Updating the kernel to the latest patched version resolves the issue.

What to do
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.12.63-1.root.io.64.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.1.164-1.root.io.108.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.12.88-1.root.io.124.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.12.105-1.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1008.8.
  • Update canonical linux-oem-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1011.11.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime-6.17 to version 6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 6.17.0-14.14.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 6.17.0-1007.7.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 6.17.0-1008.8.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 6.17.0-1007.7.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 6.17.0-1007.7.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 6.17.0-1008.8.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 6.17.0-1006.7.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv to version 6.17.0-14.14.1.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.17.6-1.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 5.10.247-1.root.io.42.
  • Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.12.94-1.root.io.141.
  • Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86.
  • Update canonical rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.1.187-1.
  • Update debian linux-6.12 to version 6.12.107-1~deb12u1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 6.8.0-1035.38.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.111-r0.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.35-r1.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.1.189-r0.
  • Update linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
  • Update linux to version 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116.
  • Update linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
  • Update linux to version 6.12.113-1.aikido.163.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.12.113-1.aikido.163.
  • Update linux to version 6.1.190-1.aikido.167.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.1.190-1.aikido.167.
  • Update linux kernel to version 6.17.3.
  • Update linux to version 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118.
  • Update linux to version 6.12.115-2.aikido.164.
  • Update rootio-linux to version 6.12.115-2.aikido.164.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.2.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.15.0-202.212.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.15.0-1119.126.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.15.0-1125.134.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 5.15.0-1124.133.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.15.0-1120.130.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 5.15.0-1115.121.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 5.15.0-1102.110.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.15.0-1113.117.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg to version 5.15.0-1114.120.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.15.0-1111.116.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 5.15.0-197.207.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 5.15.0-1114.115.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 5.15.0-1070.72.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx to version 5.15.0-1059.59.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.15.0-1116.122.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.15.0-1103.105.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime to version 5.15.0-1111.115.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 5.15.0-1118.127.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 5.15.0-202.212+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Root:Debian:13 debian rootio-linux < 6.12.63-1.root.io.64
< 6.12.88-1.root.io.124
< 6.12.94-1.root.io.141
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.63-1.root.io.64
Root:Debian:12 debian rootio-linux < 6.1.164-1.root.io.108
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.164-1.root.io.108
Debian:13 debian linux < 6.12.105-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.105-1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oem All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.15 < 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.15 < 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.15 < 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.15 < 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 < 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 < 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.15 < 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.15 < 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.2
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.15.0-202.212
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-202.212
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.15.0-1119.126
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1119.126
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.15.0-1113.117
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1113.117
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg < 5.15.0-1114.120
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.15.0-1111.116
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1111.116
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 5.15.0-197.207
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-197.207
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia < 5.15.0-1114.115
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.115
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra < 5.15.0-1070.72
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1070.72
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx < 5.15.0-1059.59
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1059.59
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.15.0-1116.122
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1116.122
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.15.0-1103.105
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1103.105
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.17 < 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-nvidia All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.17 < 6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.17 < 6.17.0-1008.8
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1008.8
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.17 < 6.17.0-1011.11
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1011.11
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.17 < 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.17 < 6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux < 6.17.0-14.14
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-14.14
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-aws < 6.17.0-1007.7
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-azure < 6.17.0-1008.8
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1008.8
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-gcp < 6.17.0-1007.7
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-oracle < 6.17.0-1007.7
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-raspi < 6.17.0-1008.8
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1008.8
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-realtime < 6.17.0-1006.7
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-1006.7
Ubuntu:25.10 canonical linux-riscv < 6.17.0-14.14.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.0-14.14.1
– linux linux < 1f7b44b4a2b2939f08b279cbb9e6b5dcb8ffea32
< 01118321e0c8a5f3ece57d0d377bfc92d83cd210
5.5
Debian:11 debian linux All versions
Debian:12 debian linux < 6.1.187-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.187-1
Debian:14 debian linux < 6.17.6-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.6-1
Root:Debian:11 debian rootio-linux < 5.10.247-1.root.io.42
Fix: upgrade to 5.10.247-1.root.io.42
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 canonical linux < 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 canonical rootio-linux < 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86
Debian:12 debian linux-6.12 < 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra < 6.8.0-1035.38
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1035.38
Alpaquita:23 bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.1.156-r0
>= 6.1.182-r0, < 6.1.189-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.189-r0
Alpaquita:25 bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.12.103-r0, < 6.12.111-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-r0
Alpaquita:stream bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.12.92-r1, < 6.18.35-r1
Fix: upgrade to 6.18.35-r1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 < 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 – linux < 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
< 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
Root:Ubuntu:24.04 – rootio-linux < 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
< 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
Root:Ubuntu:22.04 – linux < 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
< 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
Root:Ubuntu:22.04 – rootio-linux < 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
< 5.15.0-202.212.aikido.118
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208.aikido.116
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-vmware All versions
Root:Debian:13 – linux < 6.12.113-1.aikido.163
< 6.12.115-2.aikido.164
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.113-1.aikido.163
Root:Debian:13 – rootio-linux < 6.12.113-1.aikido.163
< 6.12.115-2.aikido.164
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.113-1.aikido.163
Root:Debian:12 – linux < 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Root:Debian:12 – rootio-linux < 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
Linux linux kernel >= 6.13.0, < 6.17.3
Fix: upgrade to 6.17.3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.15.0-1125.134
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1125.134
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 5.15.0-1124.133
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1124.133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.15.0-1120.130
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1120.130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 5.15.0-1115.121
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1115.121
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 5.15.0-1102.110
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1102.110
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime < 5.15.0-1111.115
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1111.115
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 5.15.0-1118.127
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1118.127
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 5.15.0-202.212+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-202.212+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1
Original advisory text
CVE-2025-40054 in linux - Patched by Root
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix UAF issue in f2fs_merge_page_bio() As JY reported in bugzilla [1], Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 pc : [0xffffffe51d249484] f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed+0x70/0x98 lr : [0xffffffe51d24adbc] f2fs_merge_page_bio+0x520/0x6d4 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 6790 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainted: P B W OE 6.12.30-android16-5-maybe-dirty-4k #1 5f7701c9cbf727d1eebe77c89bbbeb3371e895e5 Tainted: [P]=PROPRIETARY_MODULE, [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:49) Call trace: f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed+0x70/0x98 f2fs_inplace_write_data+0x174/0x2f4 f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x214/0x81c f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x28c/0x764 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x78c/0xce4 do_writepages+0xe8/0x2fc __writeback_single_inode+0x4c/0x4b4 writeback_sb_inodes+0x314/0x540 __writeback_inodes_wb+0xa4/0xf4 wb_writeback+0x160/0x448 wb_workfn+0x2f0/0x5dc process_scheduled_works+0x1c8/0x458 worker_thread+0x334/0x3f0 kthread+0x118/0x1ac ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220575 The panic was caused by UAF issue w/ below race condition: kworker - writepages - f2fs_write_cache_pages - f2fs_write_single_data_page - f2fs_do_write_data_page - f2fs_inplace_write_data - f2fs_merge_page_bio - add_inu_page : cache page #1 into bio & cache bio in io->bio_list - f2fs_write_single_data_page - f2fs_do_write_data_page - f2fs_inplace_write_data - f2fs_merge_page_bio - add_inu_page : cache page #2 into bio which is linked in io->bio_list write - f2fs_write_begin : write page #1 - f2fs_folio_wait_writeback - f2fs_submit_merged_ipu_write - f2fs_submit_write_bio : submit bio which inclues page #1 and #2 software IRQ - f2fs_write_end_io - fscrypt_free_bounce_page : freed bounced page which belongs to page #2 - inc_page_count( , WB_DATA_TYPE(data_folio), false) : data_folio points to fio->encrypted_page the bounced page can be freed before accessing it in f2fs_is_cp_guarantee() It can reproduce w/ below testcase: Run below script in shell #1: for ((i=1;i>0;i++)) do xfs_io -f /mnt/f2fs/enc/file \ -c "pwrite 0 32k" -c "fdatasync" Run below script in shell #2: for ((i=1;i>0;i++)) do xfs_io -f /mnt/f2fs/enc/file \ -c "pwrite 0 32k" -c "fdatasync" So, in f2fs_merge_page_bio(), let's avoid using fio->encrypted_page after commit page into internal ipu cache.
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Fix within
Internet-facing 14 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker full control (estimated)
Severity
6.8 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published28 Oct 2025
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
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