PT-2025-36317 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Published
2025-08-14
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Updated
2026-04-08
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CVE-2025-39723
CVSS v3.1
7.8
High
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
An issue has been identified in the Linux kernel related to unbuffered write error handling within netfs. When all subrequests in an unbuffered write stream fail, the subrequest collector does not correctly update the transferred value, potentially leading to an incorrect value being returned. This can result in errors, such as an attempt to clean up an excessive amount of pipe bufferage, and ultimately a kernel NULL pointer dereference. The issue was discovered during testing with the generic/750 xfstest against cifs with cache=none, specifically when writes started failing due to insufficient scratch space (ENOSPC).
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Corruption
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse