CVE-2025-40295
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: fix left shift underflow when inode->i_blkbits > PAGE_SHIFT When simulating an nvme device on qemu with both logical_block_size and physical_block_size set to 8 KiB, an error trace appears during partition table reading at boot time. The issue is caused by inode->i_blkbits being larger than PAGE_SHIFT, which leads to a left shift of -1 and triggering a UBSAN warning. [ 2.697306] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2.697309] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c:336:37 [ 2.697311] shift exponent -1 is negative [ 2.697315] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 274 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.18.0-rc2+ #34 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 2.697317] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2.697320] Call Trace: [ 2.697324] <TASK> [ 2.697325] dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0 [ 2.697340] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 2.697342] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e3/0x390 [ 2.697351] bh_get_inode_and_lblk_num.cold+0x12/0x94 [ 2.697359] fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh+0x44/0x90 [ 2.697365] submit_bh_wbc+0xb6/0x190 [ 2.697370] block_read_full_folio+0x194/0x270 [ 2.697371] ? __pfx_blkdev_get_block+0x10/0x10 [ 2.697375] ? __pfx_blkdev_read_folio+0x10/0x10 [ 2.697377] blkdev_read_folio+0x18/0x30 [ 2.697379] filemap_read_folio+0x40/0xe0 [ 2.697382] filemap_get_pages+0x5ef/0x7a0 [ 2.697385] ? mmap_region+0x63/0xd0 [ 2.697389] filemap_read+0x11d/0x520 [ 2.697392] blkdev_read_iter+0x7c/0x180 [ 2.697393] vfs_read+0x261/0x390 [ 2.697397] ksys_read+0x71/0xf0 [ 2.697398] __x64_sys_read+0x19/0x30 [ 2.697399] x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x26a0 [ 2.697405] do_syscall_64+0x80/0x670 [ 2.697410] ? __x64_sys_newfstat+0x15/0x20 [ 2.697414] ? x64_sys_call+0x204a/0x26a0 [ 2.697415] ? do_syscall_64+0xb8/0x670 [ 2.697417] ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x2e/0x2a0 [ 2.697420] ? irqentry_exit+0x43/0x50 [ 2.697421] ? exc_page_fault+0x90/0x1b0 [ 2.697422] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 2.697425] RIP: 0033:0x75054cba4a06 [ 2.697426] Code: 5d e8 41 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 75 19 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 11 e8 26 ff ff ff 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 45 10 0f 05 <48> 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 08 [ 2.697427] RSP: 002b:00007fff973723a0 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [ 2.697430] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005ea9a2c02760 RCX: 000075054cba4a06 [ 2.697432] RDX: 0000000000002000 RSI: 000075054c190000 RDI: 000000000000001b [ 2.697433] RBP: 00007fff973723c0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 2.697434] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 2.697434] R13: 00005ea9a2c027c0 R14: 00005ea9a2be5608 R15: 00005ea9a2be55f0 [ 2.697436] </TASK> [ 2.697436] ---[ end trace ]--- This situation can happen for block devices because when CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is enabled, the maximum logical_block_size is 64 KiB. set_init_blocksize() then sets the block device inode->i_blkbits to 13, which is within this limit. File I/O does not trigger this problem because for filesystems that do not support the FS_LBS feature, sb_set_blocksize() prevents sb->s_blocksize_bits from being larger than PAGE_SHIFT. During inode allocation, alloc_inode()->inode_init_always() assigns inode->i_blkbits from sb->s_blocksize_bits. Currently, only xfs_fs_type has the FS_LBS flag, and since xfs I/O paths do not reach submit_bh_wbc(), it does not hit the left-shift underflow issue. [EB: use folio_pos() and consolidate the two shifts by i_blkbits]
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.15
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.17.8,
6.18
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-40295 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e39da974ce621ed874c6d3aaf65ad14848c9f0d
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dde026c5d2a5870f97924d5b512adf2b93fb7153
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2025-40295?
CVE-2025-40295 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.15 onward and has been patched in 6.17.8 and 6.18. CVE-2025-40295 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-40295?
Yes — CVE-2025-40295 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.17.8 and 6.18. If you are running Linux kernel 6.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2025-40295 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2025-40295 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.