Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-37779)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-37779). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lib/iov_iter: fix to increase non slab folio refcount
When testing EROFS file-backed mount over v9fs on qemu, I encountered a
folio UAF issue. The page sanity check reports the following call trace.
The root cause is that pages in bvec are coalesced across a folio bounary.
The refcount of all non-slab folios should be increased to ensure
p9_releas_pages can put them correctly.
BUG: Bad page state in process md5sum pfn:18300
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:00000000d5ad8e4e index:0x60 pfn:0x18300
head: order:0 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
aops:z_erofs_aops ino:30b0f dentry name(?):"GoogleExtServicesCn.apk"
flags: 0x100000000000041(locked|head|node=0|zone=1)
raw: 0100000000000041 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888014b13bd0
raw: 0000000000000060 0000000000000020 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000041 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888014b13bd0
head: 0000000000000060 0000000000000020 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000010 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
bad_page+0xd4/0x220
__free_pages_ok+0x76d/0xf30
__folio_put+0x230/0x320
p9_release_pages+0x179/0x1f0
p9_virtio_zc_request+0xa2a/0x1230
p9_client_zc_rpc.constprop.0+0x247/0x700
p9_clien…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-37779 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-37779" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-37779 (Linux kernel) — CWE-415 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-415) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-37779 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37779 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org