CVE-2025-71295

NameCVE-2025-71295
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/buffer: add alert in try_to_free_buffers() for folios without buffers try_to_free_buffers() can be called on folios with no buffers attached when filemap_release_folio() is invoked on a folio belonging to a mapping with AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS set but no release_folio operation defined. In such cases, folio_needs_release() returns true because of the AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS flag, but the folio has no private buffer data. This causes try_to_free_buffers() to call drop_buffers() on a folio with no buffers, leading to a null pointer dereference. Adding a check in try_to_free_buffers() to return early if the folio has no buffers attached, with WARN_ON_ONCE() to alert about the misconfiguration. This provides defensive hardening.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.251-3vulnerable
bookworm6.1.159-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.170-1fixed
trixie6.12.73-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.85-1fixed
forky6.19.14-1fixed
sid7.0.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.170-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.85-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.19.6-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/b68f91ef3b3fe82ad78c417de71b675699a8467c (7.0-rc1)

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