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Unscored CVE-2025-38442 EUVD-2025-22699GHSA-p7jf-wq44-hqq3

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

Published Jul 25, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.15 6.15.7

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +6 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —

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