{"cve":"CVE-2025-38219","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-04T14:15:30.473","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:24.780","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: prevent kernel warning due to negative i_nlink from corrupted image\n\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9426 at fs/inode.c:417 drop_nlink+0xac/0xd0\nhome/cc/linux/fs/inode.c:417\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9426 Comm: syz-executor568 Not tainted\n6.14.0-12627-g94d471a4f428 #2 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\n1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:drop_nlink+0xac/0xd0 home/cc/linux/fs/inode.c:417\nCode: 48 8b 5d 28 be 08 00 00 00 48 8d bb 70 07 00 00 e8 f9 67 e6 ff\nf0 48 ff 83 70 07 00 00 5b 5d e9 9a 12 82 ff e8 95 12 82 ff 90\n&lt;0f&gt; 0b 90 c7 45 48 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d e9 83 12 82 ff e8 fe 5f e6\nff\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900026b7c28 EFLAGS: 00010293\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8239710f\nRDX: ffff888041345a00 RSI: ffffffff8239717b RDI: 0000000000000005\nRBP: ffff888054509ad0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff9ab36f08 R12: ffff88804bb40000\nR13: ffff8880545091e0 R14: 0000000000008000 R15: ffff8880545091e0\nFS:  000055555d0c5880(0000) GS:ffff8880eb3e3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f915c55b178 CR3: 0000000050d20000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0\nCall Trace:\n <task>\n f2fs_i_links_write home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3194 [inline]\n f2fs_drop_nlink+0xd1/0x3c0 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/dir.c:845\n f2fs_delete_entry+0x542/0x1450 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/dir.c:909\n f2fs_unlink+0x45c/0x890 home/cc/linux/fs/f2fs/namei.c:581\n vfs_unlink+0x2fb/0x9b0 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4544\n do_unlinkat+0x4c5/0x6a0 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4608\n __do_sys_unlink home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4654 [inline]\n __se_sys_unlink home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4652 [inline]\n __x64_sys_unlink+0xc5/0x110 home/cc/linux/fs/namei.c:4652\n do_syscall_x64 home/cc/linux/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xc7/0x250 home/cc/linux/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7fb3d092324b\nCode: 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66\n2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 57 00 00 00 0f 05\n&lt;48&gt; 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01\n48\nRSP: 002b:00007ffdc232d938 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fb3d092324b\nRDX: 00007ffdc232d960 RSI: 00007ffdc232d960 RDI: 00007ffdc232d9f0\nRBP: 00007ffdc232d9f0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007ffdc232d7c0\nR10: 00000000fffffffd R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffdc232eaf0\nR13: 000055555d0cebb0 R14: 00007ffdc232d958 R15: 0000000000000001\n </task>","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6332872374b7f482fc4ad865f9422fedb587fc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42cb74a92adaf88061039601ddf7c874f58b554e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5018d035530b6fbfad33eeb1dd1bc87da419a276","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a87cbcc909ccfd394d4936a94663f586453d0961","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa644e7ffff02e12c89cbce4753bc0b6f23ff87"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38219","score":0.00182,"percentile":0.07753,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}