Upstream information

CVE-2025-71237 at MITRE

Description

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

nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang

When a user executes the FITRIM command, an underflow can occur when
calculating nblocks if end_block is too small. Since nblocks is of
type sector_t, which is u64, a negative nblocks value will become a
very large positive integer. This ultimately leads to the block layer
function __blkdev_issue_discard() taking an excessively long time to
process the bio chain, and the ns_segctor_sem lock remains held for a
long period. This prevents other tasks from acquiring the ns_segctor_sem
lock, resulting in the hang reported by syzbot in [1].

If the ending block is too small, typically if it is smaller than 4KiB
range, depending on the usage of the segment 0, it may be possible to
attempt a discard request beyond the device size causing the hang.

Exiting successfully and assign the discarded size (0 in this case)
to range->len.

Although the start and len values in the user input range are too small,
a conservative strategy is adopted here to safely ignore them, which is
equivalent to a no-op; it will not perform any trimming and will not
throw an error.

[1]
task:segctord state:D stack:28968 pid:6093 tgid:6093 ppid:2 task_flags:0x200040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
rwbase_write_lock+0x3dd/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:272
nilfs_transaction_lock+0x253/0x4c0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:357
nilfs_segctor_thread_construct fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2569 [inline]
nilfs_segctor_thread+0x6ec/0xe00 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2684

[ryusuke: corrected part of the commit message about the consequences]

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 6.8
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1258467 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 kernel-source-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-source-rt Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default Won't fix
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source Won't fix
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-source Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Won't fix
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source Won't fix
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source Won't fix
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-rt Won't fix
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16 kernel-source-azure Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Feb 18 16:02:50 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Mar 10 13:02:27 2026