Description
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_client_read_once+0x34d/0x810
p9_client_read+0xf3/0x150
v9fs_issue_read+0x111/0x360
netfs_unbuffered_read_iter_locked+0x927/0x1390
netfs_unbuffered_read_iter+0xa2/0xe0
vfs_iocb_iter_read+0x2c7/0x460
erofs_fileio_rq_submit+0x46b/0x5b0
z_erofs_runqueue+0x1203/0x21e0
z_erofs_readahead+0x579/0x8b0
read_pages+0x19f/0xa70
page_cache_ra_order+0x4ad/0xb80
filemap_readahead.isra.0+0xe7/0x150
filemap_get_pages+0x7aa/0x1890
filemap_read+0x320/0xc80
vfs_read+0x6c6/0xa30
ksys_read+0xf9/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0x9e/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.14 | 6.14.4 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-azure-fde | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.04 | linux | 6.14.0-22.22 | USN-7594-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.04 | linux-aws +3 | 6.14.0-1007.7 | USN-7594-3, USN-7594-2, USN-7594-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.04 | linux-gcp | 6.14.0-1008.8 | USN-7594-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.04 | linux-realtime | 6.14.0-1004.4 | USN-7594-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 4
- WID-SEC-2025-0922 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- USN-7594-2 linux-azure vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 4, 2026
- USN-7594-1 linux, linux-gcp, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 4, 2026
- USN-7594-3 linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 4, 2026