5.5

CVE-2025-38442

block: reject bs > ps block devices when THP is disabled

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: reject bs > ps block devices when THP is disabled

If THP is disabled and when a block device with logical block size >
page size is present, the following null ptr deref panic happens during
boot:

[   [13.2 mK  AOSAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000K0 0 0[07]
[   13.017749] RIP: 0010:create_empty_buffers+0x3b/0x380
<snip>
[   13.025448] Call Trace:
[   13.025692]  <TASK>
[   13.025895]  block_read_full_folio+0x610/0x780
[   13.026379]  ? __pfx_blkdev_get_block+0x10/0x10
[   13.027008]  ? __folio_batch_add_and_move+0x1fa/0x2b0
[   13.027548]  ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[   13.028080]  filemap_read_folio+0x9b/0x200
[   13.028526]  ? __pfx_filemap_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[   13.029030]  ? __filemap_get_folio+0x43/0x620
[   13.029497]  do_read_cache_folio+0x155/0x3b0
[   13.029962]  ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[   13.030381]  read_part_sector+0xb7/0x2a0
[   13.030805]  read_lba+0x174/0x2c0
<snip>
[   13.045348]  nvme_scan_ns+0x684/0x850 [nvme_core]
[   13.045858]  ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns+0x10/0x10 [nvme_core]
[   13.046414]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x40
[   13.046843]  ? __switch_to+0x523/0x10a0
[   13.047253]  ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x14/0x30
[   13.047742]  ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns_async+0x10/0x10 [nvme_core]
[   13.048353]  async_run_entry_fn+0x96/0x4f0
[   13.048787]  process_one_work+0x667/0x10a0
[   13.049219]  worker_thread+0x63c/0xf60

As large folio support depends on THP, only allow bs > ps block devices
if THP is enabled.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.15 < 6.15.7
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc4
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc5
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CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.