{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2025-38442",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:24.016Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-07-25T15:27:26.009Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:28:05.220Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:28:05.220Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblock: reject bs > ps block devices when THP is disabled\n\nIf THP is disabled and when a block device with logical block size >\npage size is present, the following null ptr deref panic happens during\nboot:\n\n[   [13.2 mK  AOSAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000K0 0 0[07]\n[   13.017749] RIP: 0010:create_empty_buffers+0x3b/0x380\n<snip>\n[   13.025448] Call Trace:\n[   13.025692]  <TASK>\n[   13.025895]  block_read_full_folio+0x610/0x780\n[   13.026379]  ? __pfx_blkdev_get_block+0x10/0x10\n[   13.027008]  ? __folio_batch_add_and_move+0x1fa/0x2b0\n[   13.027548]  ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10\n[   13.028080]  filemap_read_folio+0x9b/0x200\n[   13.028526]  ? __pfx_filemap_read_folio+0x10/0x10\n[   13.029030]  ? __filemap_get_folio+0x43/0x620\n[   13.029497]  do_read_cache_folio+0x155/0x3b0\n[   13.029962]  ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10\n[   13.030381]  read_part_sector+0xb7/0x2a0\n[   13.030805]  read_lba+0x174/0x2c0\n<snip>\n[   13.045348]  nvme_scan_ns+0x684/0x850 [nvme_core]\n[   13.045858]  ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns+0x10/0x10 [nvme_core]\n[   13.046414]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x40\n[   13.046843]  ? __switch_to+0x523/0x10a0\n[   13.047253]  ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x14/0x30\n[   13.047742]  ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns_async+0x10/0x10 [nvme_core]\n[   13.048353]  async_run_entry_fn+0x96/0x4f0\n[   13.048787]  process_one_work+0x667/0x10a0\n[   13.049219]  worker_thread+0x63c/0xf60\n\nAs large folio support depends on THP, only allow bs > ps block devices\nif THP is enabled."
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "include/linux/blkdev.h"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "47dd67532303803a87f43195e088b3b4bcf0454d",
                            "lessThan": "b025d81b96bfe8a62b6e3e6ac776608206ccbf6d",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "47dd67532303803a87f43195e088b3b4bcf0454d",
                            "lessThan": "4cdf1bdd45ac78a088773722f009883af30ad318",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "include/linux/blkdev.h"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "6.15",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "6.15",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.15.7",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.15.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.16",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "cpeApplicability": [
                {
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.15",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.7"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.15",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.16"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b025d81b96bfe8a62b6e3e6ac776608206ccbf6d"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdf1bdd45ac78a088773722f009883af30ad318"
                }
            ],
            "title": "block: reject bs > ps block devices when THP is disabled",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
            }
        }
    }
}