{"id":"CVE-2025-22121","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()\n\nThere's issue as follows:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790\nRead of …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()\n\nThere's issue as follows:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790\nRead of …","severity":"high","cvss":8.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 4.13, < 6.14.2"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.14.2"],"published":"2025-04-16","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T22:18:15.267","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22121","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/098927a13fd918bd7c64c2de905350a1ad7b4a3a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8fbb6ffb3c8f5164572ca88e4ccb6cd6a41ca8","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27202452b0bc942fdc3db72a44c4dcdab96d5b56","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c591353956ffcace2cc74d09930774afed60619","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5701875f9609b000d91351eaa6bfd97fe2f157f4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b374e9ecc92aaa7fb2ab221ee3ff5451118ab566","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c000a8a9b5343a5ef867df173c6349672dacbd0f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00217,"epssPercentile":0.1209,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T21:44:31.080003Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T15:33:26.998Z","slug":"CVE-2025-22121","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()\n\nThere's issue as follows:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff88807b003000 by task syz-executor.0/15172\n\nCPU: 3 PID: 15172 Comm: syz-executor.0\nCall Trace:\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:82 [inline]\n dump_stack+0xbe/0xfd lib/dump_stack.c:123\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1e/0x280 mm/kasan/report.c:400\n __kasan_report.cold+0x6c/0x84 mm/kasan/report.c:560\n kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 mm/kasan/report.c:585\n ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x6ff/0x790 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1137\n ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0x4c7/0xda0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2896\n ext4_evict_inode+0xb3b/0x1670 fs/ext4/inode.c:323\n evict+0x39f/0x880 fs/inode.c:622\n iput_final fs/inode.c:1746 [inline]\n iput fs/inode.c:1772 [inline]\n iput+0x525/0x6c0 fs/inode.c:1758\n ext4_orphan_cleanup fs/ext4/super.c:3298 [inline]\n ext4_fill_super+0x8c57/0xba40 fs/ext4/super.c:5300\n mount_bdev+0x355/0x410 fs/super.c:1446\n legacy_get_tree+0xfe/0x220 fs/fs_context.c:611\n vfs_get_tree+0x8d/0x2f0 fs/super.c:1576\n do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:2983 [inline]\n path_mount+0x119a/0x1ad0 fs/namespace.c:3316\n do_mount+0xfc/0x110 fs/namespace.c:3329\n __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3540 [inline]\n __se_sys_mount+0x219/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:3514\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1\n\nMemory state around the buggy address:\n ffff88807b002f00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n ffff88807b002f80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n>ffff88807b003000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n                   ^\n ffff88807b003080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n ffff88807b003100: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n\nAbove issue happens as ext4_xattr_delete_inode() isn't check xattr\nis valid if xattr is in inode.\nTo solve above issue call xattr_check_inode() check if xattr if valid\nin inode. In fact, we can directly verify in ext4_iget_extra_inode(),\nso that there is no divergent verification.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.13, < 6.14.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.14.2`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":46,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":46.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}